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Many others put out one or two fronds and die with 

 the effort. Among these are Gymnopteris triangularis 

 and G. hispida, Notholaena S chaff neri, N. Hookeri, Vit- 

 taria lineata, Cheilanthes Calif 'ornica, C. Wrightii, Pel- 

 laea aspera, P. densa, all the Woodwardias, Asplenium 

 vesper tinum, A. viride, A. dentatum, A. fontanum, A. 

 Bradleyi, Nephrodium fragrans, N. patula, Polystichum 

 lonchitis. P. scopulinum, and P. aculeatum lobatum, 

 Woodsia Uveitis, and W. glabella. 



This is not a very good record for the president of 

 the greatest fern society in the world, and I have not 

 told you all either, for Polypodium Scouleri continues 

 year after year a mere runt, and Psilotum nudum is dead. 

 These are mere samples. Equisetum telmateia never 

 starts, though E. Funstoni, of San Bernardino, Cali- 

 fornia, lives out of doors and thrives. The Lycopodiums 

 are a discouraging lot. 



In the Southwest I found all the ferns catalogued for 

 the territory visited except Asplenium Glenniei, Cheil- 

 anthes leucopoda, Notholaena Parryi, N. Aschenborni- 

 ana and N. tenera. In southern Texas I found Cheilan- 

 thes Moritziana, a South American species, and Adiau- 

 tum tricholepis f. glabrum, Clute. and Pellcea aspera f. 

 compacta, the two latter new. In Arizona, Polystichiun 

 aculeatum lobatum and Polypodium falcatum, new to 

 the territory. The latter grew on the roof of a dry 

 cave twenty or thirty feet from the sunlight in company 

 with Asplenium parvulum and Pellcea ternifolia. Poly- 

 podium hesperuim grew on the hot side of a cliff 8,000 

 feet above the sea. Polypodium thysanolepis has the 

 habit of P. vulgare, abiding upon a shadv, drv rockv 

 shelf. 



In a well-drained spot and the warmest in the green- 

 house Cheilanthes tomentosa and C. Eatoni are as thrifty 

 as in their wild state. It is the same with Notholaena 

 sinuata, N. ferruginea, N. nivea, N. dealbata. and -V. 

 Candida, Pellcea tcrnifolici, P. flexuosa, P. intermedia. 

 and P. pulchella and Asplenium monanthcmum. Phaner- 



