AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY 17 
the climbing of Mt. Maquiling, trips through the wonder- 
ful mountains in the head-hunting country, and three 
unsuccessful attempts to get inside of the crater of Mt. 
Banahao, an old extinct voleano of about 7,500 feet 
elevation. 
I am sure that the members of the Society will not 
derive anything like the pleasure out of these that I] 
have in the collecting, but hoping that there will be 
some pleasure and much profit, I am, 
Very sincerely yours, 
D. LeRoy Toppina. 
Treasury Bureau, Mania, P. I 
A Word from the Editors. 
In past years the editors have called upon the mem- 
bers to send in the sort of articles which they like best 
since the JouRNAL exists to represent the activities of 
all the members. To these calls there has been an 
ever increasing response. At first only about enough 
was received to fill the number of pages which the 
Society’s finances would allow us to print. Now there 
is always on hand enough for a full number and a sur- 
plus toward the next number. It is becoming neces- 
sary now to print the contributions in the order of their 
receipt, and there are always things which have to be 
left over a number which might well be included, and 
other things which could be written if the funds were 
available for printing. 
This is particularly true in the case of illustrations. 
Two years ago the JouRNAL published an account of a col- 
lecting trip by Mr. Ransier with numerous pictures. A 
friend seeing it made the comment that “she supposed 
that he received a lot of money for it.”” As a matter 
of fact it cost him over seventeen dollars, for he very 
generously stood the cost of all the pictures. This is 
