92 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
OF INTEREST TO FERN GARDENERS. A catalogue of one 
of the largest florist companies of the country lists 
twenty-nine species and varieties of hardy ferns. Of 
these less than half are native, the remainder being 
European and Japanese. The foreign list includes 
horticultural varieties of lady fern and hart’s tongue, 
species of Dryopteris and Polystichum, and the Japanese 
variegated lady fern, Athyrium Goringianum pictum. 
The list in many cases uses obsolete nomenclature but 
there need be no doubt as to the fact that the ferns listed 
are different in many cases from our native species and 
would make attractive additions to any hardy fern 
garden. The writer has seen them growing as thrifty 
good sized plants. An interesting point is the use of an 
attractive and appropriate common name for Dennstaed- 
tia which is called “ gossamer fern,” surely more accurate 
than “boulder fern,” and more euphonious than “hay 
scented fern.”’ 
Members interested in getting any of these ferns are 
requested to send to R. C. Benedict each an unused post 
card with their name and address on the correspondence 
side, and a request for a catalogue. These will then be 
forwarded to the florist. This method is taken that the 
Journal may receive credit for any orders sent in. 
The twentieth anniversary of the founding of the 
New York Botanical Garden will be commemorated at 
the Garden during the week commencing September 6, 
1915. Botanists from all parts of North America are 
invited to attend. The program includes two days’ 
sessions for the reading of papers and the inspection of 
the grounds and buildings of he Garden, a visit to the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden and excursions to Staten 
Island and to the pine-barrens of New Jersey. 
