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own journal this amount could be saved each year." 

 So we see the kind of matter that it is proposed to run 

 in the new publication. Another member, close to the 

 new council writes "There is no requirement by which 

 a journal shall consist of 32 pages or be issued four 

 times yearly," and again : "While having no intimate 

 knowledge of publishing, I am quite well aware, as 

 you have pointed out, that the pitfalls that lie in the 

 path of even such a tiny periodical as has been pro- 

 posed are many, and cannot be wholly forseen." Mem- 

 bers of the Society are thus squarely up against this 

 proposition : they are to lose the 32-page Fern Bulletin 

 and have in its place a tiny journal containing the an- 

 nual reports. It would have been far better to have 

 continued to send the Bulletin to members and develop 

 the Annual Report into an "official organ," but it is too 

 late now. The "independents" are in command and 

 revenues that once went to supply acceptable matter 

 to the members will now be used to experiment in pub- 

 lishing. * * + 



This is the last number of The Fern Bulletin that 

 members will receive through the Fern Society, but we 

 trust all will continue to receive it as subscribers. In 

 fact, practically all those who are aware that the change 

 is to be made, have already subscribed. We shall con- 

 tinue to publish the same kind of a magazine that we 

 have always issued and believe it is worth 75 cents a 

 year. Possibly, some arrangement can be made, by 

 which those who wish may receive this magazine in 

 place of the "official organ," but if not, we solicit your 

 subscriptions. We shall, as usual, keep members in- 

 formed of the progress of matters in the Fern Society 

 and if a choice must be made between a dollar for the 

 Fern Society's "official organ" and the 75 cent Fern 

 Bulletin that the latter will be duly considered. 



