VOLUME J4, NUMBER ) WHOLE NUMBER 76 



FEBRUARY, J 908 



The AMERICAN 

 BOTANIST 



CONTENTS 



SOME WILD ORCHIDS ----- i 



By Dr. W. W. Bailey. 



COMPASS PLANT FRUITS - - - . 3 



By Willard N. Clute. 



SELECTING A MICROSCOPE ... 4 



By A. E. Warren. 



THE SEED-PODS OF TRAILING AR- 

 BUTUS 7 



A NEW FERN 8 



By Willard N. Clute. 



RELATIVES OF THE MUSHROOM - 10 



NOTE AND COMMENT ------ le 



FIELD BOTANY 25 



EDITORIAL - - - - 28 



BOOKS AND WRITERS ..--.. 29 



WILLARD N. CLUTE & CO. 



TOLIET, ILLINOIS 



