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THE FERN BULLETIN 



of tropical ferns, and we venture the hope that he may 

 find time to take them up, genus by genus, and give 

 us correct descriptions of the known species without 

 too much consideration of what they might have been 

 called by botanists who have been dust for a century 

 or more. 



AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY. 



Since the last report, the American Fern Society has 

 gained three additional members as follows : F. T. 

 Pember, Granville, N. Y., Harry C. Ridlon, Cuttings- 

 ville, Vt. and Samuel A. Lurvey, Southwest Harbor, 

 Maine. These will be included in the new list of mem- 

 bers to be published in the Annual Report which it is 

 hoped may soon be issued. The address of Dr. C. E. 

 Waters, should be Bureau of Standards, Washington, 

 D. C, instead of Bureau of Soils as recently printed. 



The annual election of the Society occurs as usual in 

 October. The committee in charge of the selection of 

 candidates for office will be glad to receive suggestions 

 in the matter, which may be sent to the editor of this 

 magazine. Two candidates for each office are nom- 

 inated so that the members may have a choice, but this 

 does not bind them to vote for either. Any member 

 receiving a majority of the votes for an office will be 

 declared elected, whether regularly nominated or not. 

 It is well, however, to have your candidate regularly 

 nominated, and to this end expressions of preference 

 are invited. 



