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ing over to the earth is the most natural place for the 

 buds to form, but they do not always form there. While 

 we seem to have no record of the hart's-tongue forming 

 new plants at the tip of the frond in America, Miss Mirick 

 writes that a plant from Chittenango Falls after being 

 grown in a flower-pot for several years finally produced 

 two new plants from the crown. 



Reported Find of Cyrtomium. — Mr. W. C. Dukes, 

 Mobile, Ala., writes that he has recently seen fronds 

 of Cyrtomium falcatum that are said to have been col- 

 lected five or six years ago from plants growing wild 

 in Alabama. The exact locality given was a shady ra- 

 vine near " Montgomery Mill," in Autauga county, Ala., 

 between Montgomery and Prattville, where he was told 

 there is a thriving colony. The identification of the 

 fronds is without doubt, but whether the colony really 

 exists is still problematical. Mr. Dukes is making an 

 investigation at long range and in time will doubtless 

 settle the matter. There seems to be no reason why 

 this fern should not thrive and increase in Alabama, 

 should it once escape to the wild. 



Nephrodium Patens. — In nearly all books California 

 is included in the range of Nephrodium patens, but this 

 is a rare fern on the Pacific Coast, though common 

 enough in the same latitudes elsewhere. Until recently 

 the only known California locality was at Santa Barbara. 

 Now it is reported from Eaton canyon, near Los Angeles, 

 having been collected there recently by Ernest Braunton, 

 according to Muhlenbergia. 



Equisetum for Decorations. — Some time ago I saw 

 in a florist's shop, Equisetum hiemale used as a covering 

 for flower boxes. The stems were laid on vertically and 

 held in place by cross strips. The effect was decidedly 

 novel and harmonious. It was the first time I have ever 

 seen an Equisetum used for any purpose. — IV. A. Poyser, 

 Philadelphia. 



