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loving plants that otherwise might have been com- 
petitors too strong for the Lycopodium. 
Polypodium vulgare was seen but twice—in one case 
growing on tree roots and in both stunted. Dicksonia 
was very uncommon, and in order to add Dryopteris 
noveboracensis to our list it was necessary to make a 
side trip of a mile or more to the very outskirts of the 
Green Lake country. In the open woods and clearings 
where these species were to be looked for Cystopteris 
bulbifera held undisputed sway. 
Of the three Athyriums A. filiz-femina was least 
abundant. But as has been recorded of many other 
localities, so here A. angustifolium was always found 
associated with Dryopteris goldiana. 
E. J. WINsLow. 
THe CaLirorniA Mreretinc—A meeting of the Amer- 
ican Fern Society was held at 2 P. M., August 2, in the 
Herbarium of the University of California. The meet- 
ing was announced in the A. A. A. S. program, so, 
although but few members of the Society were present, 
a number of botanists attended, making twenty in all. 
An excellent paper on Southern California Ferns was 
presented by the well-known California botanist, Mr. 
S. B. Parish of San Bernardino. An interesting dis- 
cussion of the paper followed, participated in by Prof. 
F. E. Clements of Minnesota, Prof. E. B. Copeland of 
the Philippine Islands, Dr. R. M. Harper of the Flor- 
ida State Geological Survey, and others. We were very 
sorry not to have some of the eastern members with us. 
If any members visit California later we shall be glad 
to be of service to them in any way we are able. 
Caruorta C. HALL. 
ee The fern garden of the Society, suggested in the last 
_ Issue of the JourNaL, was actually begun at the Brook- 
