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glossum vulgatum, Adiantum pedatum (maiden hair), 

 Asplenium thelypteroides, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, As- 

 pidium aculeatum, A. Goldianum, Cystopteris bulbifera, 

 Lygodium palmatum (climbing fern), and some species 

 of Botrychium. To these may be added as impossible to 

 find, the mountain species, Aspidium fragrans, Woodsia 

 glabella and the limestone ferns. I know only one local- 

 ity in this county for the Ophioglossum, or the climbing 

 fern ; the maiden hair is abundant in one town and can 

 be found sparingly throughout the county. It is very 

 doubtful if Asplenium thelypteroides , Cystopteris bulbif- 

 era or Aspidium aculeatum, can naturally grow here, but 

 it is to be hoped that Aspidium Goldianum, Phegopteris 

 hexagonoptera and the Struthiopteris, as well as some of 

 the rarer species of Botrychium, may yet be found in some 

 of the beautiful nooks of which our county has so many. 

 For three seasons past I have searched faithfully in this 

 vicinity for the native ferns, and have been rewarded each 

 season by the finding of species not known, or at least not 

 noted by any collector, as indigenous to this county. 

 Nearly all our ferns can be cultivated with success in the 

 garden if a shady portion can be devoted to this purpose. 

 They throw out their beautiful fronds and often hide some 

 unsightly fence, or fill the crevices between stones, with 

 their delicate green foliage. 



Rev. E. C. BOLLES, of Salem, in giving his account of 

 the findings during the forenoon, spoke particularly of 

 the minute fungi, which feed upon plants as certain in- 

 sects feed upon other insects. He illustrated his remarks 

 upon the blackboard, and in closing alluded to the impor- 

 tance of the study of these minute forms, especially to 

 agriculturists, as many of the crops are affected more or 

 less by these parasitic plants. 



