A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO FERNS 



Official Organ of the Ltinnaean Ferp Chapter. 



WILLARD N. CLUTE, Editor. 



THE FERN BULLETIN CO., 'Publishers. Binghamton, N Y. 



Subscriptions, fifty cents per annum. 



Advertising Rates given upon application. 



Articles upon any subject in fern study solicited. 



Entered at the postofiice. Binghamton, X . V.. as second class mail matter. 



To Our Friends : — 



Contrary to the expressed wishes of many of our subscribers 

 we have again enlarged the pages of this journal. This step 

 was taken in answer to a demand for more space and also 

 with the hope that a larger size may dispel the idea (current 

 in some quarters) that small pages must contain matter of 

 small importance written by novices. To all, we now say 

 that so long as the journal remains under its present manage- 

 ment, the size of the page will not be changed again. Further 

 enlargement will come through an increased number of pages 

 or more frequent issues. 



With this volume the subscription price has been raised to 

 fifty cents a year. This increase in price will uot affect any 

 of our present subscribers. Those whose names are on our 

 books may renew as often as they please at the old rate of 

 thirty-rive cents, but after January 3]st, all new subscrip- 

 tions must be made at the new rate. 



It has not been an easy task to make a journal devoted en- 

 tirely to ferns, self-supporting. Our success has been due, in 

 no small part to the assistance rendered us by fern students, 

 in sending us subscriptions and in making the journal known 

 to others. We take this occasion to acknowledge our appre- 

 ciation of their support. 



The future of the Fern Bulletin is largely in the hands of 

 fern lovers. With a wider circulation we shall be able to pub- 



