52 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
For several years previously I had been in active corre- 
spondence with that eminent bryologist, Coe F. Austin, 
but had not known him personally. I had been a pur- 
veyor to him of much material of Musci and Hepatice, and 
was indebted to him for many critical determinations. 
At my invitation, he joined me at Cedar Keys, Florida, 
in March, 1878. In a good-sized sail boat of slight draft 
of shape and with a man to cook and help, we sailed 
down the gulf coast, chiefly keeping inside of the islands 
and ni and landing frequently to collect. In Charlotte 
_ Harbour, Pine Island was our headquarters, and its — 
shell mounds: presented an pe ereeng and novel moss_ 
: flora. 
we secured a whitehall sixteen-foot rowboat, 
completed | our ascent of some ninety miles up 
at season nearly the whole region 
Fie the Laloosshatehio Rives became too ce 
‘sailing, 
we came across Ophioglossum | 
i ei we had access to current 
