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A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO FERNS 







AWARDED GRAND PRIZE AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION 



20 Cents a Copy 75 Cents a Year 

 WILLARD N. CLUTE, EDITOR 



To insure subscribers against loss of one or more numbers between the 

 expiration and renewal of their subscriptions the journal will be sent until 

 ordered stopped. AH arrearages must be paid. Remittances may be made 

 by money order, stamps, currency or drafts and personal checks drawn on 

 Chicago or New York. Checks on other banks must contain 10 cents for 

 collection. 



WILLARD N. CLUTE & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, JOLIET, ILL. 



Entered at the Post Office, Joliet, 111., as second-class mail matter. 



The American Fern Society 



President. James H. Ferriss, Joliet, 111. 



Secretary, W. A. Poyser, 6028 Delancy St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Fern students are cordially invited to join the Society. Members re- 

 ceive the Fern Bulletin free. Address either the President or Secretary for 

 further information. The annual dues are $1.00 and should be sent direct to 

 Miss Nellie Mirick, Treasurer, 28 East Walnut St., Oneida, N. Y. 



An Important Publication 



Whether you own a set of the Fern Bulletin or not you want the 10- 

 Year index. It is practically an index to everything published on ferns 

 from 1893 to 1903. 



500 Signed Articles 2000 References to Species 



The index covers thirty-two pages and is neatly bound in paper. Price 

 25 cents. Sent free with an order for a set of the Fern Bulletin. Address, 



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WANTS AND EXCHANGES 



WANTED — Ivinnaean Fern Bulletin Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6 and. 12. Any reason- 

 able price will be paid for these numbers Address, stating price, Miss 

 E. W. Fisher, 1502 Pine street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



WANTED— Fern Bulletin, Vol. V. No. 1, at any price. Address H. E. 

 Ransier, Manlius, N. Y. 



TROPICAL FERNS — If you want dried ferns from the tropics, apply for 

 catalogue of good scientific specimens to Thienemanns Buchhandlung, 

 Gotha, Germany. 



