THOMAS TAYLOR was educated at the universities of British Columbia, Wisconsin, and Toronto, receiving the PH.D. degree from the latter in 1930. After teaching for several years he became head of the Department of Botany of the University of British Columbia in 1956, and in 1968 he retired with the title Professor Emeritus of Botany. Dr. Taylor is a member of many scientific societies including the Canadian Botanical Association, the American Fern Society, the American Society of Plant Toxonomists, and the California Botanical Society, and has travelled widely in his study of ferms. He is co-author of one book, author of two others, and has written several srticles for technical journal.