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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 N. C/ute, 6j£. 4 Qth St., New York City. 



Entered at the postoffice, Binghamton, N. Y., as second-class mail matter. 



In a recent issue we mentioned some of the good things in 

 store for readers of this magazine during 1898. In order to present 

 these in acceptable form, we have now improved the mechanical 

 side of the journal by new type and a better grade of paper. We 

 hope this will have due weight with those who are trying to de- 

 cide whether or not a journal which gives all the news regarding 

 ferns is worth fifty cents a year. Many have expressed a wish 

 that the Fern. Bulletin be issutd oftener. This can be done 

 either by increasing the subscription price or the subscription list; 

 in other words, we must have larger revenues to do it. We do 

 not intend to again raise the price ot this journal, but j if we can 

 add five hundred more subscribers to our list, we will issue it bi- 

 monthly. If each of our present subscribers will get us the sub- 

 scription of a friend, we shall be ready for a more frequent issue 

 at once. 



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With this number we begin the publication of four pages ex- 

 tra, devoted to the mosses. So many of our fern students are stu- 

 dents of the mosses also, that this department will properly fall in 

 with their line of work. To those who are not acquainted with 

 this fascinating group of plants, it may be said that here is a 

 chance to know them. The clear and concise accounts of our 

 common species which Dr. Grout and others are preparing for our 

 columns, will enable all who wish for a better knowledge of them 

 to obtain it, while the shorter notes will give the learner helps and 

 "short-cuts" that are not found m the books. There is one thing 



