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is still unsurpassed, although probably a dozen finds 

 of the same type have since been made. Mr. Gray 

 found many other good varieties. 



W. Barnard Hankey, of Cranleigh, Surrey, a skilful 

 cultivator and raiser and successful hunter ; found a 

 P. ang. brachiato-cristatum in 1866. 



J. K. Hodgson and Mrs. Hodgson, of Ulverstone, were 

 both early fern lovers, growers, and successful finders 

 of varieties, both having good records in the sixties. 

 Perhaps their best find was an A. f.f. phimosum, made 

 by the lady in 1870. This is a beauty, and a true 

 phimosum, although somewhat ungallantly named siib- 

 plumostim. 



Charles Jackson, of Barnstaple, an early and very suc- 

 cessful hunter of ferns. Found the first annulare 

 pulcherrimnm ; also Asplenium lanceolatum micfodon, A. 

 AdianUim-nigvtim microdon, and A. mavinum phimosum. 

 These ought to be sufficient to perpetuate his memory 

 for centuries at least. 



J. James, Vauvert, Guernsey. A mighty hunter in the 

 fifties and sixties. His A. f.f. covymhifevum is still one 

 of the most perfect examples of pure cresting. 



Captain (afterwards Col.) A. M. Jones. Great' as a 

 hunter and cultivator, but perhaps greater still as a 

 raiser of new varieties. Was the originator of the 

 plumose - divisilohe strain of angular es (among them 

 Baldivynii), which includes still some of the most 

 beautiful of British ferns. Raised a great number of 

 first-rate forms of angulare by crossing and otherwise. 

 No one did so much for ferns as did " the Colonel" in 

 his time. A faithful and generous friend, and the best 

 type of an English gentleman. Died suddenly in 1889. 



Miss Fanny Kitson, a clergyman's daughter, of Torquay, 

 was an early admirer and grower of ferns, and a 

 hunter of varieties. Found several good things in 

 P. angulare and Scolopendrium. 



