Notes and News 21 



More can be printed if the members like them well enough 

 to help defray their cost. Up to the present time, 

 several members have helped in this way. 



The treasurer states that there are a number of people 

 on the rolls of the Society, to whom the Journal has 

 been sent regularly, who have not yet paid their dues for 

 1912, nor have they replied to any of these communica- 

 tions from the treasurer. We do not wish to lose any one 

 who desires to remain a member and qualifies therefor. 

 If, however, any one wishes to be dropped from the rolls 

 at the present time or in the future, the favor of a post- 

 card, informing the Secretary of that fact would be greatly 

 appreciated. 



Fern specimens wanted: Rev. J. A. Bates sends in the 

 following notice: 



"I want to fill out a collection according to Gray's 

 New Manual and need the following species: Phegopteris 

 Robertiana, Notholaena dealbata, Cheilanthes alabamensis. 

 C. Feei, Cryptogramma acrostichoides, Poly stick urn Lon- 



chitis. 



f* 



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J. A. Bates, 



S. Royalston, Mass. 



Through the kindness of Mr. W. R. Maxon, of the staff 

 of the National Museum, all members of the Society re- 

 ceived recently copies of his interesting article on "Tree 

 Ferns of North America. " The article deals with these 

 ferns in an introductory and historical manner, makes 

 note of their economic uses and finally treats of the vari- 

 ous genera involved. The characters of the genera are 

 carefully described and splendidly illustrated in fifteen 

 photographic plates. 



