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in the year, followed by others now in preparation. The series 

 of portraits of fern students will be discontinued for the present, 

 to make room for a new series on exotic ferns in which will be 

 illustrated the ferns of unusual appearance ifrom other lands, to- 

 gether with descriptive notes upon their haunts and habits. In 

 nearly every fern collector's herbarium are species of which 

 little more than the name is known. It is expected that this 

 series will add much to our knowledge of these. Mr. Eaton's 

 Equisetum articles will be finished during the year. Other feat- 

 ures of the publication will be continued. A cordial invitation 

 is extended to every reader to contribute notes and articles of 

 interest. 



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When one's herbarium has grown so bulky that it cannot be 

 looked through in an hour or so, and especially when it contains 

 numerous sheets of the same species, it often becomes a puzzling 

 question what to show the non-scientific visitor who wants to 

 see the ferns, but who has no interest in the slight differences 

 that separate closely related forms. To fit such cases we would 

 suggest the formation of an "oh, my !" collection — a collection 

 designed to provoke the visitor's interest and admiration and 

 draw forth frequent ejaculations of surprise. Such a collection 

 saves wear and tear on the general herbarium and often excites 

 a real and lasting interest in the ferns. It should contain, of 

 course, the walking and climbing ferns, the little Schizaea, the 

 hartstongue, the maidenhair, the cinnamon and sensitive ferns, 

 etc. Some of the gold and silver ferns might be included, the 

 star fern is desirable and various species of grape fern will add 

 to the interest. A few finely cut fronds like that of Dicksonia 

 may be added, with such other species as suggest themselves on 

 account of oddity in fruiting. A few fern allies would make a 

 complete and desirable show herbarium. 



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The recent likening, in this journal, of crested and tasseled 

 fronds to two-headed rabbits has borne fruit in an unexpected 

 quarter. Certain cultivators of ferns now speak of their stock as 

 species, varieties and two-headed rabbit sorts ! 



