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Taking into consideration that these plants were well es- 

 tablished ; that the stubs of a number of years' growth remained, 

 and that the surrounding soil did not appear to have been dis- 

 turbed for many years, it would seem that they must have grown 

 in this unnatural place, if not from the spores, then from the 

 time they were very young plants. 



LYGODIUM PALMATUM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



In our study of the ferns of New Hampshire we were told 

 that Lygodium palmatum grew in Winchester years ago, and 

 some of our Nature Club remembered of fronds being brought 

 by friends from Winchester some twenty-five years ago. Last 

 year we found it growing on a knoll not larger than ten by 

 fifteen feet, near a brook in a meadow. The soil was black and 

 "moist. Several small trees and shrubs with quantities of Os- 

 munda regalis grew on this knoll, while an abundance of the 

 Lygodium, fruiting beautifully, climbed over all the low bushes. 

 We were told that no one had succeeded in transplanting it from 

 that one knoll, although many had tried it. It was with great 

 difficulty that I obtained any of the roots, they were so inter- 

 twined with the roots of the Osmunda. The roots we took into 

 the house are still alive, and when the snow covered the fronds 

 out of doors they were fresh and green. I am anxiously awaiting 

 the coming of spring time to see if new fronds will appear. — 

 Rest H. Metcalf, Hinsdale, N. H. 



A CORRECTION. 



I find on referring to Dr. Underwood's 6th Ed. of his manual 

 that he accepts Botrychium tenebrosum as a species, so that my 

 reference to his views in my criticism of Mr. Gilbert's catalogue 

 in the January Bulletin must be withdrawn. I do not quite un- 

 derstand how I could have overlooked this reference, but do not 

 see as the status of the plant itself is in any way affected by it, 

 and, with this correction, my criticism may otherwise stand as 

 published. — George B. Davenport. 



