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entertained by the late Colonel Jones. He was anxious 

 now to ascertain the fate of an interesting form of Ptevis 

 aquilina, the pinnai tips of which were rolled up into balls 

 and hung like bunches of grapes, and which was then 

 strongly established in the front garden. When unrolled 

 it was found to be thoroughly crested, a more curious 

 than beautiful combination, but particularly interesting 

 as a cross between P. aq. glomevata and P. aq. cvistata. 

 Miss Jones received us most kindly, and amongst other 

 things, explained the process of printing the nature prints, 

 distributed by the late Colonel Jones amongst the members 

 of the old and original Pteridological Society. 



Alas for the vanity of earthly things. The Ptevis had 

 gone the way of many choice things. Miss Jones, however, 

 offered to show us a few of the late Colonel Jones' special 

 favourites, which were growing in the garden of a relative 

 near by. We gladly accepted the invitation, and great 

 was our reward. Amongst the many gems we found 

 specimens of many original finds of Moly, Wills and 

 others, but chief among them, the original^././. Clavissima 

 — compared with which those raised by apospory sink into 

 insignificance. With erect fronds five feet long, and fully 

 two feet wide, it presented a most graceful outline, being 

 quite devoid of the twist which appears in the fronds of 

 all its aposporous offspring. 



When discovered, the plant possessed two crowns, one 

 of which passed into the possession of the late Mr. 

 Wollaston, by whom it was grown in a cool house, and 

 attained magnificent dimensions. It was from one of the 

 fronds of this that the late Colonel Jones prepared his 

 nature print. 



The Clifton collection, whilst probably unrivalled in 

 some respects, contains no examples of Polypodium vulgare, 

 Lastveas nwntana and dilatata, Blechnnm spicant, or Osinuiida, 

 nor did we find Polypodium dvyoptcvis, P. phegoptevis, As- 

 pleniummarinum, Asp. adiantioii nigrum, Asp. tvichonianes, Ptevis 

 aquilina, Adiantwn capillus venevis, or Cystoptevis, amongst 



