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be regarded as a true varietal character, and it is certainly 

 to this class that the great majority of so-called variegated 

 Hartstongues belong, and it is hopeless to expect that more 

 marked and constant forms can be raised from their spores. 

 That truly variegated Hartstongues exist is, however, 

 beyond a doubt. In Mr. Cranfield's garden we saw a 

 specimen derived from the collection of the late Mr. Moly, 

 and found by him, in which, amid a majority of normally 

 green fronds, there were a few bearing definite and closely- 

 placed pure white stripes, obviously an inherent character 

 and quite distinct from the common indefinite yellow types 

 above described. This plant had previously shewn the 

 character associated with little or no reversion, and must 

 therefore be ranked as constant so far as the innate 

 tendency to produce pure white stripes was concerned. 

 From Mr. Amos Perry's large collection at Enfield we 

 were fortunate enough to obtain two promising specimens, 

 one a nearly normal and the other a pretty capitate form, 

 which when acquired were of a lemon yellow throughout, 

 and both of these, after two seasons' growth under glass, 

 have thrown fronds of vigorous healthy growth, but one 

 and all of the same pale yellow tint, so that we are per- 

 suaded that at last we have not one but two constantly 

 variegated specimens, from which we hope to raise a brood. 

 We have heard of marginally variegated Hartstongues 

 being found, i.e. with quite white edgings, but have never 

 been able to obtain confirmatory fronds, and should be 

 very glad to hear of such. Several plants were found in 

 Devon by Mr. Cranfield and the writer with light green 

 fronds striped here and there with the darker normal 

 green, and these shew the same appearance this season, 

 fairly markedly in Mr. Cranfield's case but somewhat less 

 so in ours. Here again then there is an approach to 

 constancy, which might yield better results if sown from. 

 A very markedly yellow variety of crisptim, obtained from 

 an exposed position on the rockery of Sir Frank Crisp, at 

 Henley, grew vigorously under glass but shewed there no 



