44 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
In the herbarium at Cambridge there are two speci- 
mens besides Mr. Knowlton’s recorded from dry ground. 
They are: “Dry thicket, Milo, Me., M. L. Fernald,” 
and “Dry field, Colebrook, N. H., A. S. Pease.” It is 
perhaps significant that both are from northern New 
England. There were two or three cases of non-com- 
mittal data, such as “mowing field” and “shee pas- 
ture,” but most of the labels distinctly indicated at 
least moist ground. 
C. A. WEATHERBY. 
Regarding Ophioglossum vulgatum, I recall finding it 
in August at New London, N. H., on the south slope of 
a high steep hill, Brown’s Hill, I think was the name— 
not far north from Pleasant Lake. My recollection is 
that it was decidedly dry, and that the grass was dead. 
The slope was so steep that it was difficult for me to 
keep my feet. I found quite a number of plants in the 
grass. 
EvuGENE T. ALLEN. 
In my younger days I considered it a very rare fern, 
at least in this vicinity (Bedford, Mass.). Later I 
called it “uncommon,” now I think “unnoticed” would 
better describe it. 
My first find was Chelmsford, Mass., Sept., 1882, a 
fertile frond cut off by a scythe. The plant was de- 
termined by my old friend, Asa Gray. In August, 1883, 
in the same locality, fine specimens met Mr. Charles 
Swan. Now hardly a year passes without my meeting 
plants of it, generally after the grass has been cut so 
that the fertile spike is missing. 
I find it in what we call “meadows,” that is, damp 
land of natural grass and sedge, and more frequently on 
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