THE FERN BULLETIN 



23 



needed is careful work in growing these two forms on 

 different rocks until one or the other view regarding 



them is shown to be erroneous. 



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During the past few weeks we have been deeply 

 impressed by the expressions of kindly interest in this 

 magazine that have accompanied a large number of 

 renewals especially from members of the American 

 Fern Society. It is not a light thing to break the as- 

 sociations of ten or fifteen years and one of the reasons 

 for announcing the end so far in advance was to give 

 subscribers time to get used to the change. One sub- 

 scriber suggests that the magazine may yet take on a 

 new lease of life and to us this seems quite possible. 

 There is no special need for our quitting the field, now, 

 except the fact that the editor has too many other 

 thing on hand. He wants to feel free pretty soon to 

 take up other lines of work. Hustling for copy a few 

 more years is likely to make him a misanthrope. 

 Should we be able to pick out a likely editor from the 

 members of the Fern Society — one who thinks more 

 of ferns than he does of fern names — it is quite likely 

 that the magazine may go on for another tw r enty years. 

 But twenty years is all the present editor hopes to 

 serve. If the magazine continues after that, it will 

 have to be guided by someone else. However, the 

 editor thoroughly appreciates the good wishes for the 

 success of the magazine expressed by many corres- 

 pondents' and values them high among the returns 



which the magazine brings him. 



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Running a magazine of any individuality is a pre- 

 carious business if one places the principal value upon 

 the cash returns. For a similar reason the way of the 

 reformer is usually a hard one ; not because the senti- 



