Fern Hats anp Fern Craar Cases 7 
Arizona: Santa Rita Mountains, under shelter of dry 
rocks, May 20, 1884, Pringle. Exposed south slope of 
Mule Mountains, January 1, 1913, Goodding 1387. 
Fern Hats and Fern Cigar Cases 
R. C. BEenepicr. 
The title and illustration answer nearly all the pur- 
poses of description. It only remains to inform any 
one interested where these articles may be obtained, 
the proper circumstances for wearing them, and the 
kind of fern used and method of manufacture. I am 
mainly indebted for my information to Mr. Percy Wilson 
of the staff of the New York Botanical Garden who 
brought back the specimens from a collecting trip in 
the East Indies made over ten years a 
The fern used is a member of the family Glei- 
cheniaceae, the first record for the occurrence of which 
in the United States was made by Mr. Maxon in the 
JOURNAL last year (Vol. 4: No. 1.).. The particular 
species used is Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.) Underw. 
The illustration shows at the left some of the long leaf 
stalks of this species before anything has been done 
with them. A little to the right of the stalks, leaning 
against the background (a native Javan sleeping mat 
made from Pandanus) is a coil of the fibers which have 
been extracted from the leafstalks preparatory to weay- 
ing them into hats, ete. The machinery used in this 
operation of preparing the fibers for weaving is to be 
seen at the left front, and consists of part of the top of 
a tin tomato can, with numerous holes of various sizes. 
The fibers are prepared for weaving by drawing them 
through successively smaller holes in the tin instrument 
until they are of a satisfactory size for weaving. 
The cigar cases are designed to hold cigars, but are 
made mainly to sell to tourists. They would seem to 
