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Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. I-IX. Philadelphia, Pa., 1902-06. 8. 

 2 v. yearly. 



v. 3 has appendix separately paged, "Radium and other radioactive sub- 

 stances, with a consideration of phosphorescent and fluorescent sub- 

 stances." 



Prices: To libraries, colleges, societies, and journals, $2 per vol.; to non- 

 members, $3. Back volumes to members, $2.50 each. 



Bulletin, I, 2. 1904. 8. 



Leaflets. 

 Distribution. Exchange limited. 



Prizes. FRENZEL PRIZE FUND. $250 for best essay on the rare minerals 

 found in America and their production. 



American Fern Society. 



Address. Secretary: Willard N. Clute, Joliet, 111. 



History. Organized Mar. i, 1893, as Linnaean Fern Chapter of the 

 Agassiz Association; present name adopted 1905. 



Object. Study of ferns by correspondence, exchange of specimens, and publication 

 of the knowledge obtained. 



Meetings. Occasional meetings, usually in conjunction with the American Associ- 

 ation for the Advancement of Science, with which it is affiliated. 

 Membership. About 150 (annual dues, $i). 

 Publications. 



The FERN BULLETIN ; a quarterly devoted to ferns, v. I-XIII. Bing- 

 hamton, N. Y., 1893-1905. 8. q. 

 v. 1-3, 24 ; v. 4, 16. 



v. 1-4 (1893-96) entitled: The Linnsean fern bulletin, pub. by the Chapter; 

 v. 5-12 (1897-1904) pub. by the Fern bulletin co., official organ of the 

 Chapter. "The Bryologist, a department . . . devoted to the study of 

 North American mosses," in v. 6-7. (See also the Sullivant Moss 

 Chapter.) 



Prices: 75c. a year; single numbers, 20c. v. 1-5, o. p.; v. 6-13 and index, 



$6 a set. 

 The Fern bulletin has begun the publication of a series of fern floras, which 



will include every State in the Union. Also issued separately. 



Index to v. i-io. Binghamton, N. Y., 1904. 8. 



Papers presented at the Boston meeting, Aug. 24, 1898. Binghamton, 



N. Y., 1899. 8. 

 Fernwort papers presented at a meeting of fern students held in New 



York City, 1900. Binghamton, N. Y., 1900. 8. 

 Annual reports. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale by Willard N. Clute & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 



