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FERN BULLETIN. 



A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO FERNS. 



Official Organ of the Linnaean Fern Chapter. 



WILLARD N. CLUTE, Editor. 



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



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The artistic little illustration which forms the frontispiece of 

 this number is reproduced from a pencil sketch by Mr. W. W. 

 Stilson, whose work as a delineator of the beautiful in nature is 

 fast winning a deserved recognition. Aside from its value as a 

 picture, our illustration is of interest from the fact that it shows a 

 fern growing in the crevice of a brick wall, a rather unusual place 

 for a fern in this latitude. 



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Dr. Grout informs us that nearly fifty sets of some of the 

 mosses offered in Apnl have been sent out. This indicates a 

 greater interest in the subject than was anticipated, and the out- 

 come would seem to be a strong and flourishing Chapter for the 

 exchange of specimens and ideas. If this should start with half 

 of fifty members, there would be good prospects for its soon rival- 

 ing the Fern Chapter in size. It is hoped that all who wish to 

 join such a Chapter will notify Dr. Grout at once. 



The first of Mr. Eaton's long-expected papers on the genus 

 Equisetum appears in this number and others will follow in each 

 issue until the series is finished. It is Mr. Eaton's intention to 

 illustrate with actual specimens each species and variety treated. 

 These specimens will be sent only to subscribers of the Fern Bul- 

 letin or members of the Fern Chapter. Since all the North 



