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A list of the illustrations would be too lengthy as there are ninety-seveu 
of the Hepaticae and thirty-three of the mosses. 
The connection between the Bryophyta and the Pteridophyta is dis- 
cussed, although positive results have not been reached. 
This book promises to be very stimulating to the student of mosses and 
hepatics as living organisms, and will encourage further study along the 
lines so clearly indicated. Elizabeth G. Britton, 
N. Y. Botanical Gardens. 
The Fern Allies of North America, north of Mexico, by Willard N. Clute. 
With more than one hundred and fifty illustrations and eight colored 
plates, by Ida M. Clute. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Co., New 
York City, at $2.00. 
This is a companion volume to the author’s “ Our Ferns in Their 
Haunts,” and describes in technical language the scouring-rushes, horsetails, 
running-pines, club-mosses, water-ferns, pillworts, water-peppers, quillworts 
and the various other plants included among the Fern Allies. The illustra- 
tions are most helpful, especially the black and white cuts. The claim is 
made that here all our species are illustrated and many for the first time. 
The book also contains a check-list of the North American species with syn- 
onomy, a complete glossary, and seven keys to the genera and species based 
on the most noticeable characters. In the matter of nomenclature our author 
claims to have adapted a somewhat conservative treatment, using for the 
most part the names common in other works of this class. This notice is 
intended merely to call the attention of our readers to a good book to add to 
their equipment for next season’s outdoor work and not as a critical analysis. 
The book is well made up, though the printing as to type is not all one could 
desire. The black and white drawings are clear and characteristic of the 
species treated. The colored plates in our opinion add nothing to the value 
of the illustrations. A. M. S. 
SULLIVANT MOSS CHAPTER NOTES. 
The list of members elsewhere printed numbers one hundred fifty-six. 
Four have qualified for membership during December making our total one 
hundred and sixty on January r, 1906: Prof. E. E. Bogue, Agricultural 
College P. O., Michigan. Prof. John Macoun, Sussex street, Ottawa, Can- 
ada. Mr. R. S. Gray, 508 Montgomery street, San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. 
EllaL. Horr, Wor. Nat. Hist. Soc. , 12 State St., Worcester, Mass. 
CHAPTER NOTE. 
In connection with the admission to membership in the Sullivant Moss 
Chapter of persons who are not resident in the United States or Canada, 
the question has arisen as to how they may participate most easily in the 
offerings published in each issue of the Bryologist. In view of the fact that 
foreign letter postage is more than double that of domestic, it seems unfair 
to impose upon our foreign friends the added cost of transportation. Hence 
the following scheme is put forward: 
