—53— 



August I wished to send Dr. Lee, of Bridgeport, Ala- 

 bama, some Scolopendriums to compare with those he 

 was investigating at the nearby Tennessee station. I had 

 a tinker at Jamesville make a tin box I x 2 x 20 inches, 

 cover as deep as the box and corners not soldered. Cost 

 me 10c! I packed it full of Scolopendriums, moonworts, 

 Ophioglossum and walking ferns. Put in some moist 

 moss also. Dr. Lee wrote ; " I did not think it possible 

 to deliver specimens in such perfect condition." I planned 

 to start the above box out of Jamesville, N. Y., Saturday 

 evening. After having mailed it I learned that the last 

 mail had gone for the day and that it would not start 

 out till Monday morning. I left it and yet in spite of a 

 day and a half there, besides its long journey, the ferns 

 were delivered in " perfect condition." — H. E. Ransier,. 

 Manilas, N. Y. 



Xephrodium Boottii a Hybrid. — Much has been said 

 and written on both sides of the question as to the hybrid 

 origin of Nephr odium Boottii. It is interesting to note 

 that Christiansen's " Index Filicum," recently issued,, 

 lists the plant as a hybrid between N. cristatum and 

 N. spinulosum. 



Lygodium as a Decoration. — The Japanese climbing^ 

 fern (Lygodium Japonicum) unlike many other ferns 

 grows with unusual luxuriance in cultivation and some 

 florists are beginning to use its fronds in place of smilax 

 in decorations. It has been found that the fruited pinnae 

 remain fresh as long or longer than the sprigs of smilax 

 and are no more difficult to grow. 



Habitats of Cystopteris Fragilis. — There are few 

 ferns in the world more widely distributed than the com- 

 mon bladder fern (Cystopteris fragilis). It has been re- 

 ported from Alaska, the West Indies, Cape of Good Hope, 

 New Zealand, China, and Europe. Its predilection for 

 moist rocks is well-known and in regions where such 

 habitats are to be found, the fern is rarelv found else- 



