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The Joliet (111.) News of May 17, 1898, contains a list of the 

 ferns of Wills county, 111., with notes by Mr. J. H. Ferriss. We 

 note some common names that appear to have been unrecorded 

 before, as follows : Onoclea sensibilis, oak-leaved fern ; Pteris 

 aquz'lina, umbrella fern ; Pellaa atropurpurea, blue fern. 



While on a recent trip to Blue Ridge Summit, Md., a great 

 abundance of Osmunda Claytoniana was met with. The plants 

 were very large and the clumps made a beautiful appearance scat- 

 tered through the woods. They were quite as luxuriant on a dry 

 slope, or a sunny spot, as in a moist, shady spot. All were very 

 fertile, fronds with five or six pairs of fertile pinna; being easily 

 found. The variety of conditions under which they were grow- 

 ing suggests that possibly the fern would be an easy one to culti- 

 vate.— C. E. Waters. 



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. 



— A small pamphlet on the Ferns of the Upper Susquehanna is 

 in press, and a copy will soon be mailed to all members of the 

 Chapter whose dues are paid for 1898. Members admitted since 

 January may also have a copy of the pamphlet by dating their 

 membership with the beginning of the year. — C. 



— For the third time in its history our Chapter has lost a member 

 through death. Mrs. S. H. McAlpine passed from this life on De- 

 cember 30, 1897, aged 55. Her death was very sudden and due to 

 apoplexy. Mrs. McAlpine was born in New Marlboro, Mass., and 

 lived there until her marriage in 1865, when she removed to Port- 

 land, Maine, where she resided until her death. She was an 

 ardent botanist, but without aspiring to be more than an amateur. 

 Her loss is mourned by a large circle of friends. — C. 



