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A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR THE PLANT LOVER. 
Issued on the I5ih ot Each Month. 
WILLARD N. CLUTE, ... EDITOR. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
Two volumes of this magazine are issued each year. Subscriptions 60 cents a 
volume or f 1.00 a year. All subscriptions must begin with a volume. This maga- 
zine is sent to all subscribers until ordered discontinued and all arrearages paid. 
Subscribers may pay each year when most convenient. All subscriptions more than 
a year in arrears will be collected bylaw. The publication is sent free to no one 
except by special arrangement, 
WILLARD N. CLUTE & CO.. Publishers, Binghamton, N. Y. 
Entered at the Post Office at Binghamton, N. Y., as Second Class matter, Aug. 22, 1901. 
Botanical Dra ughtsma n 
Biological drawing a specialty. Illustrations nnade 
for effective and truttiful reproduction. 
P. B. WHELPLEY, DUBLIN, N. H. 
* Books Recommended \ 
In this department we shall, from time to time, recom- ^ 
mend books that to us seem of special value to readers of j|| 
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For the above books, or any others, address, ^ 
this journal. 
III. — Fern Books. 
It all depends upon what you want the book for. If a technical manual with 
descriptions of the North American species, get Underwood's "Our Native Ferns" 
($1.08); if a popular handbook for Eastern America select either Parson's "How 
to Know the Ferns" ($1.63), Water's ••Ferns" ($3.34) or Clute's "Our Ferns in 
Their Haunts" ($2.15). Parson's book is well written but the keys are difficult. 
Water's book has two technical keys and is illustrated with many photographsi 
Clute's book has more text than either, has illustrated keys, colored plates and the 
225 other illustrations are by an artist of ability. The real fern lover needs all 
three. Eastman's "New England Ferns" ($1.25) is a new book that is useful but 
not so comprehemsive as the others, while Dodge's "Ferns and Fern Allies of 
New England" (50 cts.) is a complete little technical mannal. Clute's "Fern 
Collector's Guide" (50 cts.) tells where to find ferns and how to press, mount and 
identify them. Useful to take into the field. 
WILLARD N. CLUTE & CO., Binghamton, N. Y. 
CHARLES D. PENOeUL., PRINTER, BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 
