THE FERN BULLETIN 



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and postal money orders are issued for a small fee and 

 some of these methods are much better than to trust 

 stamps or bills in a letter. 



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So far as we are aware, there are but two societies 

 for the study of ferns in the entire world. The Ameri- 

 can Fern Society has a world-wide membership, but 

 the second society is confined to Great Britain and Ire- 

 land and is known as the British Pteridological So- 

 ciety. The latter has been in existence about as long- 

 as the American Society, but has a much smaller mem- 

 bership and issues no publications, save an annual re- 

 port which contains rather more about ferns, however 

 than the annual reports of the American Fern Society 

 Recently the British society has apparently concluded 

 that the time has come for a more extended propaganda 

 of their cult and under the leadership of "Sir. C. T. 

 Druery, a member of the American Fern Society and 

 well-known on this side as a writer on ferns, are con- 

 sidering the establishment of a serial publication. Upon 

 our part we view with pleasure this move for advanc- 

 ing British fern study and have no doubt that Mr. 

 Druery and his association will be able to make a most 

 readable journal and one that would secure not a few 

 subscribers in this part of the world. We trust that the 

 scheme may be carried out. 



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It may be news to many fern students that there is 

 a series of publications on ferns and related matters in 

 addition to the issues of the Fern Bulletin, but such a 

 series exists. We refer of course to the annual reports 

 of the American Fern Society, which taken in connect- 

 ion with the three special publications entitled "Papers 



