THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. I. SEPTEMBER, 1910. No. 5. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Editorial Note .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 97 



The Acgust Meeting (Report and Balance Seieet, etc.) 100 



Our Frontispiece (Lady Ferns) .. .. .. .. 103 



The Decorative Value of our Native Ferns. No. 3 (concluded) 105 



The Common Bracken (Pteris aquilina) .. .. .. 107 



Cresting in Ferns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. no 



Fern Wonders .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 113 



Variegated Hartstongues .. .. .. .. .. 114 



Effect of Environment on Variation .. .. .. 117 



POLYSTICHUM ACULEATUM " GrACILLIMUM " ,. .. .. 1x9 



New Ferns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. iig 



List of New Members .. .. .. .. .. .. 120 



EDITORIAL NOTE. 



In commencing the second annual series of the Gazette 

 the Editor is dehghted to be able to announce that the first 

 has met with great general commendation, and that its 

 issue has resulted in a very large addition to the membership 

 of the British Pteridological Society, for the benefit of whose 

 members it is published. It is gratifying, too, to know that 

 not merely in Britain has it been recognized as forming 

 a valuable and indeed unique contribution to the literature 

 of our Native Ferns, but that the general principles of 

 Fern Hfe, variation and culture have been so set forth as to 

 evoke also the interest of colonial and foreign fern lovers 

 and scientists, a number of whom have consequently 

 become members. The Editor, however, regrets that he 

 is still compelled to figure so largely as a contributor to its 

 pages, and desires particularly that those interested in the 

 cult will aid him by notes and articles dealing in a practical 

 manner with new finds or raisings, and their personal 



