THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. I. 



DECEMBER, 1909. 



No. 2. 



CONTENTS. 



Editorial Note .. .. 



Our Frontispiece .. 



Spore Propagation .. 



Personal Finds — Mr. G. Whitwell's 



FOLYPODIUM VuLGARE 



POLYSTICHUM ACULEATUM AND ANGULARE — Dr. F. W 



Stansfield 

 Fern Hunting in Winter 

 The Hybridization of Ferns 

 Pioneers of the Fern Cult — Dr. F. W. Stansfield 



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EDITORIAL NOTE. 



The Editor is happy in this number to be able to include 

 contributions from other fern lovers and students, and to 

 be thus relieved from a too prominent position in the pages 

 of the " Gazette," unavoidable in the primary issue, as the 

 " Gazette" is intended to be the medium of commiunication 

 between all lovers of British ferns. He cordially invites 

 contributions of any notes of mutual interest or enquiries 

 in that connection. An exchange column has been 

 suggested, and the necessary material being sent in by 

 members, its gratis insertion will form one. It is to be 

 hoped that the members will do their best to increase the 

 membership of the Society, already largely augmented 

 by the issue of the " Gazette." It may be well to mention 

 that a supply of the "Gazette" will be reserved for the 

 benefit of such members as may join subsequent to 

 publication, so that their subscription of five shillings 

 (payable either to Mr. Whitwell, the Secretary, or to the 

 Editor), covering the year between iVugust, 1909, and 



