FERN BULLETIN. 



A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO FERNS. 



Official Organ of the Linnaean Fern Chapter. 



WILLARD N. CLUTE, Editor. 



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



Subscriptions, fifty cents per annum. 



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Articles upon any subject in fern study solicited. 



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The present number of the Fern Bulletin brings us to the 

 end of another volume, and with it the journal is permanently 

 increased in size by the addition of four pages to each issue. We 

 feel safe in saying that the volume just finished is much super- 

 ior to any that have gone before it, and we are confident that 

 the one for 1898 will show still further improvements. In order 

 to make this volume of the greatest usefulness to fern lovers, it 

 is necessary to know what our readers need, and we therefore 

 ask for suggestions. What part of the journal do you like best ? 

 Whose articles? Upon what subjects? What changes would 

 you like to see made? Now is the time to shape the Fern 

 Bulletin to your liking, and we shall welcome all suggestions. 



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Two features of the forth- coming volume will be of special 

 value to younger students. The first is a series of illustrated 

 articles on how to find, identify and study the ferns. These will 

 be written expressly for beginners and those who desire to know 

 the ferns of their own region, but who find the study of the ferns 

 by the books now in use a difficult matter. At the same time in 

 the Moss Department, conducted by Dr. A. J. Grout, of Plymouth, 

 N. H., there will be presented several articles designed to assist 

 students to an understanding of this class of plants. In the ma- 

 jority of cases specimens of the mosses described will be mailed 

 to subscribers of this journal who ask for them, giving all an 

 opportunity to see and study the plants for themselves. There 

 will also be articles on the mosses for older students, and helpful 

 notes for everybody. Interesting items regarding the mosses are 

 solicited from all. 



