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THE FERN BULLETIN 



the Fern Bulletin he would know that time and again 

 interested parties have attempted to get control of the 

 magazine in the interests of a kind of nomenclature 

 that is at once provincial, absurd and out of harmony 

 with that used by the rest of the world; and it is a 

 noticeable fact that, whether by coincidence or design, 

 the publication lauded by Mr. Ware adopted this re- 

 pudiated nomenclature in its very first issue. 



It is a well known rule in this world that the first 

 thing to do in putting something over on the public is 

 to control the avenues of publication. Since this could 

 not be accomplished with regard to fern nomenclature 

 there was nothing left to do but start a new publica- 

 tion. The heavy vote in favor of such a course men- 

 tioned by our correspondent was exactly 58 out of a 

 membership of 170 and this was secured only after a 

 persistent canvassing of the Society for votes in a 

 campaign in which the Fern Bulletin side of the case 

 was not even mentioned. When the editor asked for 

 space in the Annual Report for an explanation he was 

 denied it, though one of the backers of the new publica- 

 tion offered to get him in for $5 a page. It may be 

 added that no member of the Fern Society has ever 

 been charged a cent for any explanation he has wished 

 to make in this magazine. 



The older members of the Fern Society know that 

 the editor of the Fern Bulletin carried the magazine 

 for the first ten years of its existence paying the annual 

 deficit out of his own pocket because no one else was 

 disposed to accept so thankless an undertaking. After 

 much hard work the magazine was established on a 

 paying basis and now Mr. Ware and his friends would 

 push iri to avail themselves of the clientele thus created. 

 Although not as large as the Fern Bulletin the new 

 publication is costing the Fern Society much more 



