It may be remembered that a Cambridge correspondent last year took exception to the statement of another that this fern was wild in Connecticut. The latter has made another examination this year and now writes from Torrington : "Since I last wrote to you I have been to see Mr. Slocomb, gardener to C. L. Mitchell, New Haven, Conn., a man possessing a good knowledge of ferns, and he tells me the one in question is Pteris arguta, not tremula. I cannot say it is really wild here, as I can only find it on a large bed of rocks near by, and how it came here I cannot yet ascertain. But what I am prepared to say is that it is hardy here."

"J. M.," Torrington, Conn., says: In the March issue of the Gardeners' Monthly, in Mr. Falconer's " Notes by the Way," I see he expresses surprise at Pteris tremula being hardy here. The variety mentioned is what I have long known as such. Yet I may be in error as to its nomenclature, and am not prepared to positively assert it is so. But as soon as this lingering winter entirely disappears, and the verdure again arrays our hills, it will afford me much pleasure to forward a few fronds to you or Mr. Falconer for identification.