98 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
With the issue of this number, the JoURNAL’s copy- 
drawer is again nearly empty. We trust the members 
will continue to be on the look-out for matter of in- 
terest: the JouRNAL cannot be issued until we have the | 
wherewithal to fill it. 
The editors have received from one of our new mem- 
bers a query as to general works on ferns. He mentions 
Lyell’s Geographical Handbook of the Ferns, and asks 
if there is anything better. We have answered this 
question by letter according to our ability, but we should 
like the help of the members in answering it and per- 
haps future questions of the kind more fully. We wish 
everyone who can would write to the JourNaL (if pos- 
sible, in time for the next number) telling what fern 
books each has found most interesting and helpful— 
not merely the general works directly asked about, but 
fern books of any character. If enough members con- 
tribute to it, the resultant list will have considerable 
value. 
