44 . AMERICAN Fern JOURNAL 
Ferns of the Transvaal 
R. C. BENEDICT 
There appeared in the October number of the South 
African Journal of Science a paper entitled ‘‘ The families, 
genera, and species of Pteridophyta of the Transvaal,” 
by Joseph Burtt-Davy and Vicary Gibbs Crawley, both 
in government service there. The senior author, Mr. 
Burtt-Davy, is a professional botanist who went to South 
Africa to take the position of government botanist. At 
the time of his appointment to that position, he held a 
_ - position in the United States Department of Agriculture. 
_ He was originally from England but came to America as 
a young man, and before he returned to British soil had — 
_ become an an American citizen and had taken an American — 
: : “Was an employee of the Transvaal Audit - 
