THE PREVENTION OF THE WILD 115 
elongatum—Lat. lengthened. 
Engelmanni—for Dr. George Engelmann of St. Louis, 1809-1884, 
author of studies of American oaks, rushes, cacti, ete. 
Feei—for Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée of Strasburg, 1789- 
1874, a noted writer on ferns 
Filix-femina—Lat. female or lady fern; probably a translation of 
e popular name. 
Filix-mas—Lat. male fern; probably like the preceding, a transla- 
tion of the popular name. , 
fragans—Lat. sweet-smelling, the fronds of the fern concerned being 
fragrant. 
fragilis—Lat. easily broken, brittle. 
frondosa—Lat. leafy; referring to the green sterile segments which 
appear among the fertile ones in this form. 
The Society for the Prevention of the Wild. 
BY C. E. WATERS. 
Years ago when a branch of the Wild Flower Preserv- 
ation Society was established in Baltimore, one facetious 
feminine member nicknamed it the Society for the 
Prevention of the Wild. Everyone of us who has 
botanized or pursued any other branch of natural his- 
tory in a particular locality for more than two or three 
years will begin to think that such a society exists there. 
Perhaps the writer of this jeremiad is unduly pessimistic, 
for he began to feel this way in the early days of the 
Fern Chapter and long ago expressed in print an un- 
favorable opinion of modern improvements which are 
responsible for the destruction of the wild places. 
My acquaintance with the botany of the Baltimore 
region began late in 1890. During the years since then 
there have been many changes brought about in one 
way or another. To consider only the plants in which 
this Society is interested, there have been some losses, 
possibly irreparable. To own up at the start, before 
telling what others have done, my first and only plant 
of Asplenium ebenoides was enthusiastically grabbed up 
