148 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
Grace A. Woolson 
EMILY HITCHCOCK TERRY 
A woman of marked ability, and perhaps of equally 
marked peculiarities, was Miss Grace A. Woolson, of 
Pittsford. seentons whose death occurred during this 
_ past summer. She was an ardent lover of nature, of — 
botany especially, though she took great delight in all | 
plant and animal life. We never saw her at the meet- 
ings of the Vermont Botanical Club, of which she was a 
— ‘member, but she did not forget or ignore them, always 
a was. in the culture of ferns, to which she devoted much 
ae time and energy. Her garden also, where one found the 
7 choicest, — and very beautiful flowers, gave 
abundant > of care and wise forethought. : 
many aces sis tiated Life, as 5 
: ese Get was put into her little Cx entitled Pe 
2 and How to Grow Them. This gives very complete 
= instruction in regard to their care and cultivation and 
= beautifully. illustrated by photographs taken by her 
a Tt townsman, ‘Dr. Swift who in the midst of a very 
