AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY 61 
finest on the continent; and a private lake of 3 acres” 
in which pickerel and bull-heads can be caught. He does 
not state whether conscription will be resorted to in 
order to get the bull-heads cleaned. Mr. Leston A. 
Wheeler, Townshend, Vt., has consented to take charge 
of the arrangements for the meeting, and members who 
plan to attend—and we hope there will be a good number 
of them—should notify him and can get detailed informa- 
tion from him. 
Tue Society Fern GarpDEN AT THE BROOKLYN Botanic 
GARDEN 
By our arrangements last year with the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden it was ageed that this year should see 
the beginning of a special fern garden to contain a col- 
lection of native hardy ferns and to include any plants 
which members of the American Fern Society might 
send in as a Society Fern Garden. One of the main 
ideas back of the plan was to provide a repository for 
plants of rare forms such as hybrids, which in the woods 
are liable to be lost sight of; another idea was to build up 
as complete a collection of native hardy ferns as possible. 
The purpose of the garden has this spring been extended 
to make it include the assembling of a collection of 
hardy ferns in general, the idea back of this being to 
make it possible for anyone interested in fern gardens 
to see the various species which are available. The 
Botanic Garden will this year arrange to obtain the 
various introduced species offered by American dealers. 
The plot of ground where the garden is to be construct- 
ed is about fifty by one hundred feet, and lies on a slight 
slope with.an easterly exposure. At present it is covered 
with some scrub trees and bushes, but these will gradually 
be replaced by trees for permanent planting. In the 
meantime necessary shade is already present. The 
actual arrangement is still to be determined but there 
_ will probabk be laid out a rockery, a swamp section, — 
