THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. I. 



SEPTEMBER, igii. 



No. 9. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Editorial Notes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 193 



Our Frontispiece (The Hartstongue) .. .. .. .. 194 



The August Meeting .. .. .. .. .. .. 195 



The Lady Fern {contimied) .. .. .. .. .. 199 



The Benbow Herbarium Collection of Ferns {continued) 201 



Fern Spore Sowing .. .. .. .. .. .. 202 



A Fern Paradise .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 205 



Erratic Fern Spores .. .. .. .. .. .. 207 



A Note on Pteris aquilina cristata.. .. .. .. 210 



Spleenwort Culture .. .. .. .. .. .. 211 



Fern Hunting .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 213 



Supplement — 



Reports and Records, 1894 — 1905 .. .. .. 217 



Contents of "Gazette," Nos. i to 8 . . .. .. 219 



List of Members .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 221 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



This number forms the commencement of the third 

 annual series of the " Gazette," and, as will be seen by the 

 contained Report of the Annual Meeting at Barnstaple, 

 not only has the membership of the Society been largely 

 increased by its issue, but this has been effected with benefit 

 to its funds. We may therefore safely regard it now as an 

 assured success. That no effort on our part will be spared 

 to maintain its interest may be taken for granted, but we 

 would strongly impress upon our fern-loving friends our 

 wish for support in the direction of new members, since 

 we are quite sure that every one of our present ones could 

 at least enlist another, and this alone would put us in 

 a position to enlarge the "Gazette" and increase its 

 attractions, both literary and pictorial, for the benefit of all 



