14 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
Athyrium angustifolium is an occasional inhabitant of 
the rich woods. It would interest me to hear a good 
reason why this fern that is scattered all the way from 
Missouri should reach a sudden limit in northeastern 
Vermont. 
AUBURNDALE, Mass. E. J. Winstow. 
Note on Eaton’s Ferns or NortuH AMERICA 
From correspondence it has been discovered that not 
a few copies of Eaton’s Ferns of North Americaareim- 
perfect. Some have one or more plates lacking, while 
others have duplicate plates. This note is published to 
give members and others owning copies of this work 
an opportunity to perfect them. Look the plates over 
carefully, they are not always arranged in numerical 
order, and see if you have them all and if you have 
duplicates of any of them. There should be 81. Drop 
me a line and let me know the result of your investiga- 
tion. If your copy is perfect I should be glad to know 
it. Ifyou need any plate or plates give me the numbers 
and if you have duplicates tell me how much you will 
sell them for. In this way it is hoped that some of us 
may be able to obtain missing plates and perfect our 
copies. 
Frep G. Fioyp. 
325 Park St., West Roxsury, Mass. 
Tue Fern as A State FLorat EMBLEM 
Unlike many foreign countries, the United States has 
no universally recognized floral emblem, although some 
of the States have legally adopted certain flowers and 
others have attempted unsuccessfully to do so. The 
latest State to agitate the question is Pennsylvania, 
where a bill to make the daisy the state flower was last 
year vetoed by the Governor. Since that time one of 
our members, Mr. J. G. Scott, has been actively engaged 
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