THE AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY 



President, Prof. E. J. Winslow, Elmira, N.Y. 



Secretary, Prof. S. L. Hopkins, Central High School, Piltsburg, Pa. 



Fern Students are cordially invited to join the Society. Address either President 

 or Secretary for further information. The Fern Bulletin is sent free to members. 

 The Annual Dues are $1.00, and should be sent to Mr. F. G. Floyd, Treas., 

 325 Park St., West Roxbury, Mass. 



The Annual Report of the American Fern Society 

 for 1907 and 1908 has just been printed and mailed to 

 members. It contains the reports of officers, list of 

 members and biographical notes of those members who 

 passed away during the two years mentioned. Fern 

 students who are not members of the Society may ob- 

 tain a copy of the report by addressing the Secretary. 



Owing to a pressure of other work, Miss Nellie 

 Mirick, who has been our treasurer since 1906, was 

 obliged to resign in January and President Winslow 

 appointed in her stead Mr. F. G. Floyd, 325 Park St., 

 West Roxbury, Mass. Miss Mirick was third in the 

 list of treasurers and administered the office in a very 

 acceptable manner. We shall all regret the necessity 

 which required her to relinquish the office. 



While exploring the summit of Jay Peak, Vt., on 

 July 17, 1908, I collected a quantity of a dwarf form 

 of Lycopodium annotinum growing in the scant soil 

 among the bare rocks. I thought it might be var. 

 pungens, but Mr. Clute reports that it is not exactly 



that variety, but an interesting intermediate form. Of 

 course its dwarfed condition is accounted for by the 

 high altitude (4100 ft.) an exposed situation, but a 



great many interesting varieties might be similarly ex- 

 plained. I will send specimens, as long as it lasts, to 

 members of the Fern Society upon request accom- 

 panied by stamped envelope. — E. J. Illusion', 855 

 Grove St., Elmira, N. Y . 



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