THE LINNAEAN FERN CHAPTER 



OF THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



President, C E. Waters, Baltimore, Md. 



Vice-President, Mrs. A. D. Dean. Scranton, Pa. 



Secretary, Alvah A. Eaton, Seabrook, N. H. 



Treasurer, Jas. A. Graves, Susquehanna, Pa. 



Fern lovers are cordially invited to join the Chapter. Active member- 

 ship costs $1.00 annually ; Associate, 50c This journal is sent to both classes 

 free Application for membership should be made to either President or 

 Secretary. 



Items for this department should be sent to Mr. C. E Waters, Johns Hop- 

 kins University, Baltimore, Md 



— The fern to be distributed this quarter is offered by Mr. L. T. 

 Stevenson, Chat, Lessen county, Calif. Members of the Chapter 

 will receive specimens of the beautiful little Cheilanthes Cleve- 

 landii upon sending five cents in stamps to Mr. Stevenson. — IV. 



— The fifth annual report of the Chapter was issued in March. 

 Besides the reports of the officers, it contains a list of the Chap- 

 ter's members and the dates when they were admitted. This list 

 includes one hundred and four names, ten of which were added 

 since January, 1898. We now add that of Mrs. Josephine D. 

 Lowe, 178 Carlton avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., as an Active Member. 



A New Plan of Study. 



It has been suggested that the Chapter select a particular fern 

 for thorough study each year. It is hoped that by thus bending 

 our energies to the study of a single species, many new facts will 

 result. The fern selected for this year is Adiantum pedatum. 

 Notes of any kind relating to this fern are earnestly desired. The 

 plan provides for an editor, to whom all notes and reports should 

 be sent. These will be carefully arranged and published in a 

 pamphlet by the Chapter. Mr. Alvah A. Eaton, Seabrook, N. H., 

 has been appointed editor for this year by the president. The 

 fern chosen is common and every one has a chance to add some- 

 thing to the report. Study the plant in its native haunts with 

 reference to the soil, shade, moisture, etc. Note its companion 

 plants and everything interesting or peculiar in its life-history. 

 Further information may be obtained from the editor. — W. 



A correspondent asks: Are there two species going under 

 the name of Cystopteris bulbifera? What is the colored dust on 

 the Gymnogrames? Who will enlighten him? 



