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Mr. Clute is right in his estimate of the prolific possibili- 

 ties of N. spinulosa. The species may be taking town orders 

 in the near future. In spite of deprecatory remarks on this or 

 that recurved or befrizzled forma of an established type, I con- 

 sider the creation of a new station practically under my feet, for 

 the recently introduced celebrity, a compliment which nature 

 does not vouchsafe to pteridomaniacs at large. 



Pittsford Mills, Vt. 



NOTES ON THE FERNS OF WASHINGTON. 



By T. J. FlTZPATRICK. 



During the month of August, 1902, the writer spent a short 

 time at Skykomish, Washington. This village is situated on the 

 Great Northern railway in the heart of the Cascade mountains, 

 near the central portion of the State. Extensive coniferous 

 forests abound in all the region round about. There seemed 

 to be an abundance of moisture and plant conditions were 

 strongly mesophytic. Special attention was given to the ferns 

 and specimens were collected of all the species found. A few 

 days previous a visit was made at Wenatchee, Washington, on the 

 Columbia river. This station, situated to the east of the Cascade 

 range on the Great Northern railway, is the county seat of 

 Chelan county, and is near the geographical center of the State. 

 At the time of the writer's visit the dry season was in full force 

 and the only plants available were those growing where there was 

 plenty of moisture, as along the river, in pools, or along irrigation 

 ditches, or those of xerophytic tendencies which, being in their 

 element, naturally thrived. No ferns were found. Mr. Kirk 

 Whited, of Wenatchee, gave the writer a number of ferns which 

 he had collected in various near-by stations. The writer during 

 a day's botanical work in August, 1902, at Spokane, near the east- 

 ern boundary of Washington, failed to discover any ferns 

 growing. 



From the ferns presented by Mr. Whited and those collected 

 at Skykomish, the following list with notes is made up in the 

 belief that it will add something of interest to the fern flora 

 already prepared by Mr. Flett and published in The Fern 

 Bulletin. 



