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is one of helpfulness. They should be made to feel, 
also, that fern students, whether advanced or beginners, 
need no special introduction to each other, but that our 
common membership may be counted as sufficient ground 
for approach, and that any hesitation lest our advances 
_ shall not be looked upon with cordiality should be put — 
aside. I would therefore urge those who are not already — 
doing so, to write some of their fellow members, write 
if only to ask a question and then follow where that step — 
shall lead . 
His to ‘te one that, with all proper regard for the 
preservation of the wild plants, you are forming an her- 
barium. This contributes to one’s cumulative knowledge 
- plished and as a basis for further study. Here again is. 
a — — which you can work to your own = 
ae ‘sometimes inclined to say that only the common specie 
oe grow in our neighborhood and that no one wants them 
| gies ah we cater = be Teminded _ the ‘comin 
