58 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
Letter to the members of the American Fern 
Socie 
ROBERT A. WARE 
It is probable that among the first questions that come 
to the mind of one who finds himself the nominal head of 
ee organization, are those which pertain to the larger 
1 ess and greater efficiency of that organization. 
aes a turn in the wheel of fortune has brought me into 
this new relation with this society, I have been asking _ 
myself what ean be done to make it more interesting, 
more profitable, more worth while. Without expecting — 
too much, and yet with a desire to stimulate if I may, 
2 the fruitful energies of our society, I venture to offer sev- _ 
| eral suggestions pointing to that desired end. a 
of believe that it is proper that we should ask ouiegs : 
Le : : ; that the society will 
: as what we e make it, nothing ingre, and that much de- 
~ pends upon our answer to the last of these two questions. 
