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the overturning of long accepted names. One of the 

 principal uses of the Fern Floras is for comparison and 

 if we use the " new " nomenclature in some and the 

 accepted nomenclature in others no comparison is pos- 

 sible without reducing one lot to the terms of the other. 

 For this reason we are obliged to insist that the floras 

 be written with the nomenclature that finds widest ac- 

 ceptance in America and the world in general, and those 

 who are preparing floras for us will kindly take note of 

 our reasons for insisting on certain names being used. 



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The annual session of the Connecticut Chautauqua 

 Assembly will be held at Forestville, from July 13th to 

 July 26th, with the usual attractive program. This As- 

 sembly, which last year stood second only to the mother 

 Chautauqua in the number of students graduated, is be- 

 coming deservedly popular with those who like to spend 

 at least a part of their summer in the open air. Although 

 the sessions are held in the midst of the forest, comfort- 

 able houses are provided for all who attend, and good 

 board at moderate prices may be had on the grounds. 

 Lectures and other addresses by good speakers are given 

 daily in the auditorium, there being scarcely an hour in 

 the day when a talk of some kind is not being given. 

 The Nature work at the Assembly this year will be in 

 charge of the editor of The Fern Bulletin, and will 

 consist of talks on plant forms, plant processes, and plant 

 habits, supplemented by excursions to nearby points for 

 practical applications of the subjects discussed. The 

 geology of the region is varied, consisting of granite, 

 trap and sandstone rocks, which afford a very diversified 

 flora. No less than twenty-nine species and five varieties 

 of ferns were found in the vicinity. Among the varieties 

 was the form recently named Polystichum acrostichoides 

 recurvatum. Those who think of attending 'these ses- 

 sions may obtain further information by addressing the 

 President of the Assembly at 411 Windsor Ave., Hart- 

 ford, Conn. 



