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their leaves including the kinds which bring high prices 
for single leaves to which reference has been made in 
previous issues of the JouRNAL. 
R..-Gy ee 
Dr. Abel J. Grout has recently published a “Moss 
Flora of New York City and Vicinity.” (Published by 
the author, New Dorp, N. Y., Oct., 1916.) The flora 
covers all the counties of New York and New Jersey 
contiguous to the New York City, and all of Long Island 
as well, and comprises one hundred and twenty-one 
pages with twelve fine half-tone plates. A  classifica- 
tion and key to moss families, and under each family, 
keys to the genera and species with descriptions of the 
genera and notes on the distribution and habitat of 
each species commend the book as a manual for practical 
use. 
R. C. B. 
Connecticut, which long ago passed the first law t0 
provect a fern, has made a move toward the conserva 
tion ‘of wild ferns which have commercial value. At 
the last session of the legislature, a bill was introduced 
Which required that every package or bale of “florists 
greens’’—which, of course, means ferns—shipped ™ 
the state must be tagged with the name of the perso? 
from Whose land the greens were taken, and that the 
shipper must file a statement showing that he had pel 
mission to take them. In the case of carriage by autor 
mobile or other vehicle, the driver was required to have 
Such a statement in his possession. The bill had the 
Support of the State Forester and the State Experime® 
Station; it passed one house of the legislature, but 
fortunately failed of passage in the other. Its reappe*™” 
ance at future sessions is to be hoped for. 
