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A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR THE PLANT LOVER. 



Issued on the 15lh ot Each Month. 



WILLARD N. CLUTE, - - - EDITOR. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 



Two volumes of this niajyazine fire issued each year. Subscriptions CO cents a 

 volume or ^1 00 a year. All subscriutioiiH must begin with a volume. This mayn- 

 zine is sent to all subscribers until ordered discoutiuued and all arrearages paid. 

 Subscribers may pay each year when most convenient. All subscriptions more than 

 a year in arrears will be collected by law. The publication is sent free to no one 

 except by special arrangement. 



WILLARD N. CLUTE & CO., Publishers, Binghamton. N. Y. 



Entered at the Post Office at Binghamton. N. Y., as Second Class matter. Aug. 22, 1901. 



Botanical Draughtsman 



Biological drawing a specialty. Illustrations rriade 

 for effective and truthful reproduction. 



P. B. WHELFLEY, DUBLIN, N. H. 



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* Books Recommended * 



In this department we shall, from time to time, recom- 

 mend books that to us seem of special value to readers of 

 this journal. 



III. — Fern Books. 



It all depends upon what you want the book for. If a technical manual with 

 descriptions of the North American species, get Underwood's "Our Native Ferns" 

 ($1.08); if a popular handbook for Eastern America select either Parson's "How 

 to Know the Ferns" ($1.63), Water's •'Ferns" ($3.34) or Clute's •'Our Ferns in 

 Their Haunts" ($2.15). Parson's book is well written but the keys are difficult- 

 Water's book has two technical keys and is illustrated with many photographs, 

 Clute's book has more text than either, has illustrated keys, colored plates and the 

 225 other illustrations are by an artist of ability. The real fern lover needs all 

 three. Eastman's '•Ne>v England Ferns" ($1.25) is a new book that is useful but 

 not so comprehemsive as the others, while Dodge's "Ferns and Fern Allies cf 

 New England" (50 cts ) is a complete little technical manual. Clute's "Fern 

 Collector's Guide" (50 cts ) tells where to find ferns and how to press, mount and 

 Identify them, Useful to take into the field. 



For the above books, or an}' others, address, 



WILLARD N. CLUTE & CO., Bin§:liamton, N. Y. 



, CHARUES D. PEMDELL., PRINTER, BINGHAMTON, IM. Y. 



