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— Mr. C. F. Saunders, 305 Walnut st, Philadelpha, Pa., whose 

 excellent article on Woodsia Ilvensis appears in this issue, will 

 send a specimen of this fern to any member of the Chapter who 

 encloses five cents in stamps for postage and packing. Mr. 

 Charles Louis Pollard, who with Dr. Joseph Crawford, has the 

 honor of discovering Ophioglossum arenarium, described by Mrs. 

 Britton in this number, generously offers single specimens of it 

 for five cents in stamps. His address is U. S. National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C. 



OUR MISCELLANY. 



Mr. W. H. McDonald an indefatigable fern collector, writes 

 that in a single walk in the vicinity of Bronxville, Westchester 

 county, N. Y., he found no less than twenty-two species of ferns. 

 Taking into consideration the nearness of this locality to New 

 York City, the record is surprising. 



Miss Edith Bates writes that on October 9th she found a quan- 

 tity of Asplenium pinnatifidum within the city limits of Philadel- 

 phia, growing on gneiss rock. She discovered the k cality about 

 eight years ago, but thought it had been since exterminated at 

 this point. The fronds were large and thrifty, one measuring 

 seven inches long, and three of them were forking. 



Mr. Samuel Henshaw, of the New York Botanical Garden, 

 tells us of a new and unique way of procuring ferns from spores. 

 It is merely to take a common flower-pot. stop up the hole in the 

 bottom, fill it with water and set it in the greenhouse or conserva- 

 tory near the ferns, of which young plants are desired. The water 

 percolates through the pot just fast enough to keep the outer sur- 

 face properly moist and the spores floating about in the air come 

 in contact with this surface and at once germinate. Until they 

 get their third frond they seem not to require more sustenance 

 than they are able to procure in this situation . 



The first number of the Plant World (Oct. 1897) contains a 

 very interesting article on the Sword Moss {B7'yoziphium Nor- 

 vegicum (Brid.) Mitt.) by Mrs. E. G. Britton. Mrs. Britton tells 

 in a delightful narrative way of her experience in collecting the 

 fruit of this moss, which was before unknown. There is also a 

 good plate and a complete description of the moss with the follow- 

 ing list of N. American localities: Columbus and Lancaster, 

 Ohio; lower Ohio and southern Kentucky; Dells of Wisconsin 

 River; Ferns, Indiana; Lamoille Cave, Minnesota. Mrs. Britton 

 offers to send a specimen (sterile) of the moss to all Bulletin 

 subscribers who send her a self -addressed stamped envelope. 



