TO BEGINNING STUDENTS 



Many who take up recent issues of The Fern Bulletin 

 find them too technical for easy reading; but it should be 

 remembered that the magazine has grown technical as it 

 advanced in years. The early issues are much less techni- 

 cal, though none the less accurate, and the articles, written 

 mainly by beginners, deal with topics chiefly of interest to 

 beginners. One should not overlook the series of "Helps 

 for Beginners" in which a large number of our ferns are 

 illustrated and described; the series on Equisetums, in 

 which every species in North America and all the varieties 

 are described ; the eighteen portraits of fern students, in- 

 cluding portraits of D. C. Eaton, G. E. Davenport, L. M. 

 Underwood, B D Gilbert and the authors of all American 

 books on ferns. At 25 cents- each, these portraits would 

 amount to more than we ask for a set of the magazine. 

 Since the journal was established great additions have been 

 made to our knowledge of ferns, and these back numbers 

 contain an immense amount of information regarding ex- 

 tensions of range and fern habits that can be found nowhere 

 else. A large number of new species and forms are also 

 described. The series of Fern-floras recently begun are of 

 themselves worth the price of subscription. Inquire of 

 any old fern student and you are pretty certain to find he 

 has a file of the Fern Bulletin as complete as he can get 

 it. The first five volumes are now out of print. Volume 6 

 is nearly so Order in time. Note the following prices: 



The Fern Bulletin, Vols. 6 to 12 inclusive, contains 

 812 pages and more than 350 articles. Price 75c a volume. 

 Complete sets will be sent for 60c a volume — the set of 7 

 volumes for $4.20. Now is your opportunity. Address 



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