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 Following this came "The Fernwort Papers Presented at a Meet- 

 ing of Fern Students Held in New York City, June 27, 1900.'' 

 Since then there have been sent to members of the Chapter W. R. 

 Maxon's "List of the Ferns and Fern Allies of North America 

 North of Mexico;" B. D. Gilbert's "List of North American 

 Pteridophytes," and C. E. Water's "Analytical Key for the Ferns 

 of the Northeastern States. Based on the Stipes." Here are nine 

 publications that have been distributed gratutiously among mem- 

 bers of the Chapter in eight years, and another will be forth- 

 coming this year in the shape of a complete index to the Fern 

 Bulletin. 



By an amendment to the constitution adopted early in 1894, 

 associate members were received at one-half the dues of full 

 members. This was found to be a vicious and impracticable rule, 

 and after a trial of five years the constitution was again amended, 

 dropping associate members altogether. As a full membership 

 costs only one dollar a year, which includes a free subscription to 

 the Bulletin, those who are at all interested in ferns willingly 

 pay this for the privileges which the Chapter confers. 



Two general meetings have been held by the Chapter during 

 the ten years of its life. The first of these took place at Boston in 

 August, 1898, during the week of the annual convention of the A. 

 A. A. S. Twenty members were present, besides a large num- 

 ber of persons who were more or less interested in ferns. The 

 meeting was held in the hall of the Horticultural Society, and 

 Mr. George E. Davenport and others made a fine display of ferns, 

 both mounted and growing in pots. Seven papers were read 

 which were afterward published in pamphlet form, and the meet- 

 ing was much more successful than had originally been antici- 

 pated. The second meeting was held at Bronx Park, New York 

 City, in June, 1900. Dr. L. M. Underwood had arranged for a 

 display of herbarium specimens of the new or recent Lycopods, 

 and everybody was interested in examining their peculiarities. 

 About the same number of members were present as at the Bos- 

 ton meeting, but only five papers were read owing to lack of 

 time; three others by members who were not present were read 

 by title only, but all were afterward published in the "Fernwort 



