American Fern Journal 



Official Organ of the American Fern Society 



Issued quarterly: Subscription, ninety cents per year. 



Includes articles of both technical and popular interest with illustrations. 



Editor, R. C. Benedict, High School of Commerce, N. Y. City. 

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