BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 2S3 



AzoUa) in water ten feet deep. The fronds are arranged in rosettes, 

 eacli having: roots of its own. The young ones are centra], of the 

 usual crosier shape and the spongy stipes bear a few hyaline, 

 cup-shaped scales. 



Cheilanthes microphylla 1 have not found in a second locality, al- 

 though I have explored 200 miles of the eastern coast of Florida pret- 

 ty thoroughly. In October I revisited its station and found it much 

 better developed than last year, when the weather was extremely 

 dry. I secured all the fruiting specimens and will distribute them. 

 I decline to make selections of less than 100 specimens, except in the 

 case of these twelve ferns, which are put up in uniform sets, with 

 printed labels, and sold foi- $1.20. For packing and postage 30 cents 

 additional is charged on any number of sets sent to one address. — 



A. H. CuRTiss, Jacksonville, Fla. 



Fern Etchings by John Williamson, author of Ferns of IvENTUCirY. 

 Louisville: John P. Morton & Co. Ed. 1. — A little more than a 

 year ago appeared the modest '•Ferns of Kentucky'' illustrated by 

 lithographic plates transferred from etchings by Mr. Williamson, the 

 author of the work. Many of these plates were quite excellent and 

 still more showed that had the original copper plates been used the 

 results would have been much more satisfactory, as the delicacy of 

 the etchings were lost by the process of transferring. 



Mr. Williamson himself seems to have appreciated this fact, for in 

 his new work we have the etchings themselves, printed in most cases 

 in a very Ijeautiful manner. 



The volume, which is about 8x10 inches, contains plates of sixty- 

 eight Ferns, natives of the United States, which is about one half of 

 the species known to inhal)it this area. The description of each 

 species Avill be found opposite the plate and has l)een taken from the 

 works of Prof. Gray and Prof. Eaton. The very best of the plates of 

 the "Ferns of Kentucky" are used in this volume, but these are but 

 few. By far the larger portion are entirely new, while the others are 

 the same species as in the former book from vastly improved plates. 

 It would be impossible to select any particular plates to mention as 

 best, for all are so perfect. The smaller species of ferns are of course 

 best represented, as the entire plant can be brought within the com- 

 pass of the page. The larger ferns are excellent but it is to be re- 

 gretted that they should not liave been etched on larger coppers, as 

 the excellence of the portions of them which are given creates a de- 

 sire for the whole. 



