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AjDropos of this topic, we have received from a member of the 

 Chapter a cop}^ of the Joilet (111.) Neios of October 29, 1901, from which 

 it appears that the fern-lovers of that city are engaged in a most com- 

 mendable undertaking. They have established in the public park a 

 collection of American ferns, and at the close of the third year have 

 under cultivation 102 species and 7 varieties, as well as many of the 

 fern allies. This is probably the largest collection of native living 

 ferns in this country, and it is the purpose of those in charge to make 

 it as complete as possible. A greenhouse is to be constnicted next 

 season for the accommodation of the more tender forms, and as the 

 work appears to be of a voluntary nature, it shows that the residents of 

 Joilet, and particularly Mr. J. H. Ferriss, the superintendent, possess a 

 degree of public spirit which other communities would do well to emu- 

 late. 



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 in our last issue, regarding the reprinting of Volume I No. 1 of the Asa 

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