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pogonia with such l)rief statements as "root of thick fibres/' "coarsely 

 fibrous," or simply "fibrous." It would seem, however, in view of 

 the foregoing, that the root system would be more truthfully described 

 as a slender, creeping rootstock, from which at intervals new stems 

 put up. In this way, probably much more than from seeds, the colo- 

 nies of this orchid multiply. 

 Philadelphia. 



QUAKER BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY. 

 By C. F. Saunders. 



A correspondent sends the above photograph of the old bridge 

 whose name is doubtless familiar to some of our readers as 

 that of the place where, early in the century now drawing to 

 a close, the tiny fern Schizuea j?usiUa was first discovered. Quaker 

 Bridge spans the Batsto River in the heart of a region almost unin- 

 habited by man, and where cedar swamps, wild cranberry marshes, 



and sandy barrens, both dry and damp, are as separate apartments in 

 the wild home of a peculiar and interesting flora which has exercised a 

 fascination on plant collectors for generations. Sc/n'sam pusiUa, 

 since its first introduction to science at Quaker Bridge, has since been 

 found at a few other })laces in New Jersey, but in no other state of our 

 Union as yet, and in no other part of the world except sparingly in 

 Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. 



