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this view of the case is exactly the one prevailing among scientific 

 men on this side. Nearly always the normal is easily explained 

 by the abnormal. But as to considering these poor mis-shapen 

 fronds as more beautiful than normal specimens — never! Does 

 not Mr. Druery consider the dark glossy fronds of the normal 

 hart's-tongue. strap-like though they be, much superior in looks 

 to any of the lobed. forked or frizzled specimens that have been 

 evolved from them by cultivation? However, the collection of 

 these freaks is a harmless pastime and one we could not con- 

 demn entirely if we would on account of similar practices here. 

 We do not go in for abnormal fronds, but has Mr. Druery 

 noticed our great delight in multiplying "species" in Selaginelh. 

 Botryehium. Lye op odium and Isoetes? To object to the British 

 view of fern culture would be another case of the pot calling the 

 kettle black.— Ed.] 



ADDITIONAL LITERATURE RELATING TO THE 

 FLORA OF LOUISIANA. 



In the issue of the Fern Bulletin for January. 1903. you 

 refer to a list of the flowering plants and ferns of Louisiana by 

 Prof. A. Featherman which was never published. In 1871 Prof. 

 Featherman published his "Flora Ludovicianae" in Report of Bo- 

 tanical Survey of Southern and Central Louisiana, made during 

 the year 1870. pp. 71-129 ;and in Third Annual Report of Botanical 

 Survey of Southwest and Northwest Louisiana, made during the 

 year 1871, pp. 142- 161. Other works which are not mentioned 

 by you are : 



Torrey, John — Description of the plants collected during the 

 expedition, in Marcy's Exploration of the Red River of Louis- 

 iana in the year 1852. pp. 277-304. 



Albrecht. J. — List of native woody plants grown in Louis- 

 iana, in Report on Forests of Louisiana in 1884. 



Mohr, C. — Die Walder der Alluvial Region des Mississippi 

 in den Staaten Louisiana. Mississippi and Arkansas. Pharm. 

 Rundch. xiii. 1895. pp. 14-15- 30-33- 



Lloyd, F. E. & Tracy. S. M. The insular flora of Missis- 



