AMERICAN FERN SOcIETY 63 
the local ferns may be seen in their haunts. Mrs. Hall 
writes: ‘“‘Lest anyone be disappointed, I should like 
to say that 12 or 15 species are a good record here”’ for 
a day’s trip. But all of them would be of interest to 
easterners. Mrs. Hall has very kindly undertaken to 
prepare a list of California ferns, with their localities, for 
the use of fern students travelling in the State and the 
specimens in the University herbarium may be con- 
sulted. The botanical excursions of the A. A. A. S 
will be open to Fern Society members. Further infor- 
mation will be sent by the Secretary to all Pacific Coast 
members and to all others who will notify him of their 
wish to receive it. 
In the East, a field meeting will be held in July, prob- 
ably in the vicinity of Jamesville, N. Y. This region is 
the home of the hart’s-tongue and of other unusual 
species, and is of the greatest interest geologically as well 
as botanically. Just now it has an especial appeal 
because the best localities for the hart’s-tongue are 
threatened with destruction through the quarrying 
operations of a cement company and an active move- 
ment to preserve them as a State Park is in progress 
and is receiving the support of our local members. Ex- 
act details as to the meeting cannot now be given. Mr. 
James G. Scott, 123 West Price St., Germantown, Pa., 
is chairman of a committee to arrange for it and he will 
send definite information to all who will notify him that 
_ they think of attending. 
One of the best known of American botanists, Dr. 
Charles Edwin Bessey, died at Lincoln, Neb., on Feb. 
25, aged 69. Dr. Bessey was a graduate of the Michigan 
Agricultural College and a pupil of Asa Gray, and had 
— Professor of Botany at the University of Nebraska 
1884. He was for many years the botanical editor 
