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parent effects upon the fern growth of the region, we 
shall be prepared to advocate suitable conservation 
measures, in case such action appears to be desirable. 
E. J. WINSLOW. 
Of further interést in connection with Mr. Winslow’s 
note are advertisements of the following sort which 
are taken from a florists’ trade paper: ‘Dagger and 
fancy ferns, finest quality, $1.50 per 1000.” ‘New 
crop fancy ferns and dagger ferns, $1.25 per 1000.” 
“Dagger fern”’ is a name for Polystichum acrostichoides. 
“Fancy fern” refers to Dryopteris intermedia, which is 
available for this purpose owing to its evergreen char- 
acter, an interesting point of distinction from D. dilatata 
and D. spinulosa. The leaves collected are finally 
baled in bales several feet in each dimension, and then 
shipped to cold storage to be held till called out for the 
retail florist at so much per thousand Jeaves. 
Has ATHYRIUM PYCNOCARPON BEEN FOUND IN NEW 
Jersey? If Athyrium pycnocarpon (A. angustifolium) 
has not heretofore been recorded from New Jersey, the 
record may now be entered. On June 19 last the Tor- 
rey Botanical Club carried out a field trip for ferns in 
the woods near West Englewood, N. J. Eighteen 
species were found, including the species named above, 
which was not noted as of particular interest. A few 
weeks ago, however, Mr. Percy Wilson called the 
writer’s attention to the fact that it had apparently 
never been recorded for New Jersey before. The latest 
flora dealing with New Jersey, The Flora of the Vicinity 
of New York by Mr. Norman Taylor, makes no mention 
of this species, and a brief search in other local floras 
has failed to show any record of it. Herbarium material 
