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experiences as hunters, raisers and cultivators. The articles 

 by the Rev. Kingsmill Moore particularly have been of 

 service, as have those contributors who have supplied 

 descriptive lists of their discoveries. These may be taken 

 as models of the matter of chief interest. 



As this number commences a second series, the Editor 

 trusts that those who have so far supported him by their 

 subscriptions will continue not only to do so, but to enlist 

 their fern-loving friends as members in addition. 



As will be seen from the following report of the meeting 

 at Moffat, N.B., on August ist, which v/as attended by a 

 considerably increased number of members, the Editor has 

 also undertaken the duties of Honorary Secretary to the 

 Society, while Mr. W. B. Cranfield, of East Lodge, Enfield 

 Chase, has very kindly consented to act as Treasurer, and 

 subscriptions, which are noiv due, can consequently be sent 

 either to the Hon. Secretary, 1 1, Shaa Road, Acton, London, 

 W., or to the Treasurer at the address given. By virtue of 

 these new arrangements, necessitated by the regretted 

 resignation of both Mr. G. Whitwell, of Kendal, the Hon. 

 Secretary there since the inception of the Society, and Mr. 

 W. Wilson, the Treasurer, also of Kendal, whose engage- 

 ments prevented him from undertaking the increased work 

 involved in the now rapid development of the Society, the 

 management of the Society is largely simplified, and it is to 

 be hoped that all lovers of our Native Ferns, and especially 

 of their beautiful varieties, will support it in view of its 

 practical value as a means of bringing them into closer touch 

 with each other. The Bvitish Fcvn Gazette, too, is valuable 

 as a means of imparting a mass of information in a concrete 

 form, which prior to its establishment was either scattered 

 through the general horticultural Press, or entirely lost 

 through lack of a recognized channel for intercommuni- 

 cation. In this connection the Editor cordially invites 

 co-operation as above stated, and thinks it well to mention 

 that the four back numbers of the Gazette can be supplied 

 to new members for 2s. the set, or 6d. each, post free. 



