20 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
from least, the site of the Society’s fern garden. It 
occupies a shaded hillside, on which large stones and 
logs have been arranged to reproduce, as far as possible, 
natural woodland conditions. Next season there is to 
be an artificial brook, and then there will be no excuse 
for our ferns if they fail to make themselves at home. 
At six o’clock the party proceeded to New York, 
where we were joined by a delegation from the Sullivant 
Moss Society meeting and dined exotically at a Chinese 
restaurant on such mysterious dainties as Chow Mein 
and Gem Get. One or two timid ones were inclined 
to partake of this nourishment only telepathetically 
and ocularly (the Secretary is not responsible for these 
words); but the rest of us found them very agreeable. 
Nothing venture, nothing have. 
At the evening session, also at the Garden, the walls 
and even the windows of our room were well covered 
with exhibits of specimens. The Curator showed one 
of Mr. Bigelow’s sets of Dryopteris hybrids and the 
Philippine Lygodiums from’ the Society herbarium. 
Mr. Ware exhibited more than 80 miscellaneous speci- 
mens from Europe and America. An interesting feature 
of his exhibit were some very tall plants mounted on 
folding sheets which, when opened out, showed the 
specimens at full length without bending. Mr. Killip 
brought in 50 or more Jamaican farns notable for their 
beauty of form. Mr. Carhart, in addition to a set 
of specimens illustrating his talk, showed a sheet of 
the Dryopteris Clintoniana-cristata cross mentioned in 
his recent paper on New Jersey ferns in the JouRNAL, 
and a few other interesting specimens. Mr. Brandegee 
exhibited a very fine set of 54 copyrighted photographs 
of New England ferns, which he has recently brought 
out and is offering for sale. 
Our President-elect, Mr. Palmer, showed a series of 
specimens illustrating tendencies and range of variation. 
