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Bulletin would live to grow up, and they were, in con- 

 sequence, neglected. Some of those three-cent numbers 

 are now worth a dollar or even more ! And yet, when 

 we saw those last full sets disappearing, we tried to get 

 people to buy before it was too late. We are now doing 

 the same thing with the few remaining sets containing 

 Vol. 6. We have only to wait a year or so longer to see 

 these in as great demand as the earlier numbers now are. 

 The time to invest is now. 



We recently had cause to appreciate the truth of the 

 old adage, that it is better to be born lucky than hand- 

 some, and as the circumstance is of interest to fern 

 students, we purpose mentioning it. The first book de- 

 voted to American ferns was Williamson's " Ferns of 

 Kentucky," issued in 1878 and, of course, out of print 

 for many years. Single copies when they were obtain- 

 able, which was not often, sold for $5.00 each. The edi- 

 tor of this magazine has long wanted a copy, but even 

 the second-hand dealers could not locate one. Several 

 who listed the book had just sold it when we ordered it. 

 When a new catalogue appeared in 1905 with the book 

 listed, we did not write for it, being sure of disappoint- 

 ment again, but when a second edition of the catalogue 

 appeared a year later with the book still in it, we took the 

 chance, and much to our surprise got the book, which is 

 apparently a fine copy of the first edition. And the cost 

 was just $3.50. The editor knows of a dozen or more 

 fern students that would have jumped at the chance to 

 get that book at twice the price we paid, but as we said 

 in the beginning, it is better to be born lucky than hand- 

 some. 



BOOK NEWS. 



Three different collecting trips have been made to 

 Southern Florida by Mr. A. A. Eaton, in the course of 

 which a large number of ferns new to the United States 

 were collected. These trips and the ferns collected have 



