Excerpt from American Fern Journal, Vol. 1: A Quarterly Devoted to Ferns; August, 1910 October, 1911 About six months ago, a vote was taken to determine whether the American Fern Society was in favor Of owning and publishing its official journal. 'the poll showed sixty in favor, ten opposed, and ten recorded as indifferent, clearly a strong sentiment in favor of a new journal. As to the advisability of starting a new journal, there are at least two reasons for such action, from which few members can dissent. First, the probability that the present official organ may be discontinued when it has reached its twentieth volume, or even sooner, as its editor has stated more than once. If such a proceed ing is imminent, it is none too soon for the Society to take action, looking toward the starting of a new journal. Secondly, it would be Obviously to the advantage of the Society to control and publish its Official organ, if it can do so creditably. But (without regard to these considerations, ) since the Society requires a journal for its operation, and if it has the means and ability to publish for itself, why should we continue to be depend ent upon a yearly contract with a privately owned journal, which contract is liable at the beginning of each year to fail Of renewal? Especially when we add that the editorial pages Of this privately owned journal are partly devoted to maintaining the editor's views in a controversy upon which the members of the Society are divided, or indifferent, and upon which, therefore, it is policy for the Society to remain neutral. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.