THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. I. DECEMBER, 1910. No. 6. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Editorial Notes ., .. .. .. .. .. .. 121 



Our Frontispiece .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 122 



"My Fernery," by Mr, C. B. Green 123 



British Ferns of the Future 126 



British Ferns in Gloucestershire, by Rev. E. H. Hawkins 129 



A Successful Spore Sowing .. .. .. .. .. 133 



The Pedigree of A.f.f. Kalothrix, by Dr. F.W. Stansfield 137 



New Ferns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 141 



List of New Members .. .. .. .. .. .. 144 



"British Ferns and their Varieties" .. .. .. 144 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The Editor is greatly pleased that in this issue he has 

 been enabled to subordinate to a considerable extent the 

 hitherto inevitable C.T.D. element, several members of the 

 B.P.S. having kindly contributed their knowledge to its 

 contents. Dr. F. W. Stansfield's account of the Kalothrix 

 pedigree is peculiarly interesting as throwing some light on 

 the origin of that unique Lady Fern, and accepting his 

 views as correct, it is gratifying to know that in this 

 instance, as in so many others, we owe this acquisition 

 entirely to Dame Nature's inspiration, though it is by pure 

 chance that the original wild form should have re-asserted 

 itself so many decades after it had practically disappeared. 

 To Mr. C. B. Green, too, we are indebted for our frontis- 

 piece, and his interesting notes on the numerous members 

 of the Fern aristocracy which it depicts. The Rev. E. H. 

 Hawkins also contributes a welcome article on Gloucester- 

 shire Ferns. With our now considerable membership, 

 however, we must again appeal for more support of this 



