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often in close proximity. Two rather small but fruiting plants 

 of D. Goldicana x viargiiialis were found, evidently off-shoots of 

 a single original plant. The plants are now growing at the New 

 York Botanical Garden where they will not only have good con- 

 ditions for growth, but will also be protected from chance injury 

 by cattle, or careless or ignorant collectors. It is suggested that 

 rare hybrids constitute a type of plant which it is advisable 

 always to protect by transplanting if proper care can be given 

 them, since otherwise a locality may easily happen to be lost or 

 destroyed. 



Dryopteris siinulata Davenport. 



Two localities are here reported which it is believed extend 

 the range considerably, at least in New York state. 



At Quiver Pond, about one quarter mile south of the central 

 part of Fourth Lake, Herkimer County, N, Y. The fern grew 

 here in abundance, forming dense clumps on the higher portions 

 of a sphagnum swamp. A few scattered plants of D. TJielypteris 

 were also seen, but apparently it did not thrive there as well as 

 its less common relative. 



A second locality was noted at Horseshoe, St. Lawrence 

 County, where the fern grew in a situation similar to that at 

 Quiver Pond. So far as the writer knows the only previous 

 collection north of the lower part of the state is that of H. D. 

 House near Oneida Lake, and the occurrence so far to the north 

 suggests that the fern may eventually be found in Canada. It is 

 likely, too, that it will prove to be much commoner than has been 

 supposed. 



Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) Gray. 



On Blue Mt., N. Y., from about 3,oco feet to the summit. 

 This find was of particular interest to me as it was my first 

 opportunity to see this fern in its natural habitat. Its range was 

 overlapped for perhaps two or three hundred feet (in altitude) by 

 D. intermedia (Muhl.) Gray from which, however, it could easily 

 be distinguished in size, shape, and texture. D. spiinilosa (Miill.) 

 Ktze., which in this country is usually considered to include the 

 two preceding, was not seen at all. 



