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The Plant World, becoming half owner and the first publisher of 

 each. He is now editor and owner of The American Botanist, in 

 addition to his interests in The Fern Bulletin. He was one of 

 the founders and first president of the Linnean Fern Chapter ; 

 secretary, and later, president of the Wison Ornithological Chap- 

 ter ; one of the founders of the Binghamton Academy of Science, 

 and its first secretary ; and is now president of the American Bot- 

 anical Club, which he also helped to found. 



In 1886 he took up his residence in Binghamton, N. Y., which 

 city has since been his headquarters, though he has occasionally 

 resided elsewhere. He spent three years at the New York Bot- 

 anical Garden, going there to take charge of mounting the herb- 

 arium at a time when the garden's principal possessions were some 

 hundred acres of unimproved park land and a director-in-chief. 

 In 1900 he spent about three months collecting in Jamaica, bring- 

 ing back nearly 300 species of ferns, several of which were new 

 species. The winter of 1901-2 was spent in New Orleans, where 

 numerous observations on the ferns were made. 



In 1898 he published a "Flora of the Upper Susquehanna." in 

 1901, "Our Ferns in their Haunts," and in 1902, "A Fern Collec- 

 tor's Guide." He has also contributed to the periodical press 

 numerous articles on archaeology, entomology, ornithology and 

 botany. In botanical matters he is of conservative tendencies and 

 while recognizing the necessity for the occasional description of 

 new species has steadily opposed the giving of specific rank to 

 mere forms. In nomenclature he prefers the name by which each 

 species has been longest known, quite regardless of "priority." 



For two years I have been watching a plant of Botryciiium 

 obliquum, which is the only one in sight on the banks of a 

 stream in the Catskills. In 1900 it produced both sterile and 

 fertile fronds, but this year only the sterile fronds appeared, and 

 I shall watch with interest to see what happens next year. — 

 Mary F. Miller. [It is just such observations as this that really 

 advance our knowledge of the ferns. Already the question of 

 vvhether the Botryehiums rest for a year seems half solved. We 

 need several more observations of this kind to make sure and an 

 equal number of experiments with Ophioglossum would be of 

 much value. — Ed.] 



