the mounted sheet- It should contain the name of the locality 

 where the specimen was collected in any event. The name of the 

 collector, name of plant and date of collection may also appear 

 upon it, but locality is of first importance. "Where is it from T is 

 the first question asked by the botanist. 



There are other ways of mounting plants — by sewing to the 

 sheet, fastening with gummed paper or linen, etc., but these are 

 not good for ordinary work. Heavy parts are sometimes sewed 

 to the sheet, and it is customary to strengthen stems and other 

 stiff parts by placing narrow strips of gummed linen across them, 

 but plants keep best if they are glued to the sheet first — IV. X C. 



THE LINNAEAN FERN CHAPTER 



OF THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



President. C E. Waters. Baltimore. Md. 



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



Secretary. Alvah A. Eatos, Seabr<K>k. N. H. 



Treasurer. J as A. Graves, Susquehanna. Pa- 



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

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

 free- Application for membership should be made to either President or 

 Secretary. 



Items far tkis department should be sent to Mr. C. £ fl'aters.Jokns Hop- 

 kins University. Baltimore. Md. 



—Miss E. Cannon, 431 Bartlett St, San Francisco, Calif . orlers 

 free to members of the Chapter, specimens of Poly podium Scouleri 

 from the vicinity of San Francisco. Those desiring specimens 

 should send Miss Cannon five cents in stamps for return postage. 

 — IV. 



— The twenty members who were at the Boston meeting com- 

 prise nearly one-fifth of the entire Chapter. When it is remem- 

 bered that a large number of our members are in the Central and 

 Western States, or in other localities far from Boston, the number 

 attending is worthy of note. Two members traveled more than 

 four hundred miles each to attend this single meeting. — C 



— Those who were fortunate enough to attend the Boston meet- 

 ing saw at once that the papers presented were of unusual inter- 

 est, arc in or tier tret they night no: "re disperse i. :~ vrrirus sci- 

 entific journals it was decided to bring them together into one 

 volume, to be published by a committee named at the meeting. 

 The volume will be published by subscription, and only enough 



