Sfce American JFerti ^ocietp 



OFFICERS FOR 1914 



C. H. Bissell, Southington, Conn. ... President 



Nellie Mirick, Oneida, N. Y. - - - Vice-president 

 C. A. Weatherby, East Hartford, Conn. - - Secretary 

 F. G. Floyd, 325 Park St., West Roxbury, Mass. - Treasurer 

 L. S. Hopkins, Kent, Ohio - - Curator of the Herbarium 



The American Fern Society is a growing organization of over two 

 hundred and fifty members, including all ranks of fern students. 

 Its pnmarv purpose is to assist fern study in America, and in further- 

 ance of this purpose, it publishes a quarterly magazine of thirty-two 

 pages or more, the American Fern Journal, devoted to articles 

 about ferns. Its list of contributors includes the best known 

 names m modern fern work, as will appear from an examination of 

 the Table of Contents for Volume 3, 1913, included in this folder. 

 The Journal, however, does not limit its pages only to those who 

 are especially proficient in fern work, but is open also for contribu- 

 tions from members on the pleasures of fern studv. Both sorts of 

 articles, the technical and the popular, are desired". Besides longer 

 articles, numerous shorter notes are published regularly under the 

 heading, Notes and News. 



The pages of the Journal are also open to members for the 

 solicitation of fern specimens. A regular exchange and loan de- 

 partment is maintained in connection with the Society herbarium, 

 from which members may borrow material at any time. Every 

 year a list of members is published to further assist those desiring 

 to obtain specimens from different parts of the country, and while 

 not all members are actively collecting, enough are to make this a 

 valuable feature of membership. New members may correspond 

 with any on the list, or publish their requests in the Journal. 



Anyone who is interested and would like to know more about 

 the Society and Journal may learn by writing to anyone of the 

 above officers, or by sending to Mr. E. J. Winslow, Auburndale, 

 Mass., for a sample copy. The steps to be taken to become a mem- 

 ber are very simple. All that is necessary is to send in vour nam* 

 with one dollar for membership dues to the Secretary. 



American Jfcm journal 



An illustrated quarterly devoted to the general study of ferns. 



pvp v C i'An?^l 9 1 i\ includin g membership in the AB&ERICAN 

 i XMJS bOUI.lY, $1.00, or without membership, 90 cuts. For- 

 eign subscription, 10 cents a year extra. 



M ! olu " ie \ 81X m»nbers, $1.40; Volumes II and III, four numbers 

 each, 90 cents apiece. 



9QfvK- er . f ? r , P ub ' k ' ation should he addressed to R. C. Benedict, 

 fl k • • Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



m ,.5 SC / lpt,0n L S ' °^ TS for back numbers, and other business com- 

 Masa addressed to E. J. Winslow, Auburndale, 



