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of it has been deposited at the New York Botanical 
Garden. 
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American Fern Society 
Our First Honorary Memper. The Index Filicum 
of Carl Christensen is easily the most indispensable of 
all fern books for the fern systematist who deals with 
more than local groups. Add to this his scholarly 
monographic work on the genus Dryopteris and related 
genera, mainly concerned with American forms, some 
briefer papers of which have appeared in the pages of 
the JourNaL, and we have the basis for his election as 
an honorary member of the American Fern Society. 
The Society is honored in his acceptance which appears 
elow. 
In Vol. 2, p. 52 of the Journat will be found a bio- 
graphical sketch with a list (not quite complete) of his 
papers on ferns up to that time. We expect to publish 
a complete and up to date bibliography in the next 
issue. We may hope that future numbers of the 
JOURNAL- may include many more contributions from 
our first honorary member. 
R. C. B. 
To THE AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY: 
I take great pleasure in expressing My acceptance of 
and gratitude for the honor which the American Fern 
Society has conferred upon me by electing me a hon- 
orary member of the Society, and of which I hope I 
shall prove myself worthy. 
I wish that your Society may be continuously grow- 
ing for the benefit of that branch of botany, that its 
members and myself are so devotedly studying. I 
will always be glad to publish in the AMERICAN FERN 
