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class. Many must have had experiences in Fern hunting 

 and raising which would interest others, and if the pen be 

 a somewhat reluctant or unaccustomed aid to such records, 

 the Editor will be glad to supplement any notes by putting 

 practical material into form. 



Numerous very gratifying recognitions of the value of 

 the "Gazette" have been received, but we should much 

 like to increase its attractions pictorially, and also even in 

 volume. Here, however, the question of funds is involved, 

 and as this would only be practicable by an increased 

 number of subscriptions, the Editor w^ould ask the existing 

 members individually to bring the Society before their fern- 

 loving friends who are non-subscribers, and do their level 

 best to enlist them in our ranks. If each member would 

 not rest until he had enlisted one new one, our object would 

 be attained, and the value of the "Gazette" be corre- 

 spondingly increased. A specimen number will be willingly 

 sent to prospective members, and the small subscription of 

 5s. per annum, entitling to membership and four issues of 

 the " Gazette," is moderate enough to reach all pockets. 



II, Shaa Road, The Editor. 



Acton, London, W. 



N.B. — Less than a dozen of the copies of " The Book of 

 British Ferns," with soiled covers, remain unsold, and can 

 be supplied to members at the reduced price of 2s. gd. post 

 free. These exhaust the Society's stock of the work. 



OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



Our member, Mr. C. B. Green, of Acton, has very kindly 

 provided the photograph of his Fernery, which has been 

 here reproduced. The following article, entitled " My 

 Fernery," describes its contents, together with some very 

 interesting observations on their culture, etc., which we 

 have persuaded him to extend, and which will he continued 

 in our next issue. 



