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S. V. crispum fimbriatum. 

 ,, ,, crispum grande Wills. 

 ,, ,, capitatum. 



sagittate cristatum Hankey. 

 ,, projectum Sclater. 



capitatum Forsterii. 



grandiceps John Cousins. 



inequale furcans Elworthy. 



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THE AUGUST MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the members was held this year 

 at Barnstaple to enable them to judge of the ferny possi- 

 bilities of the Southern Counties of England, their visits 

 hitherto having been confined to the Lake District or 

 Scotland. Prior to the actual business meeting at the 

 Golden Lion Hotel, at which Mr. Alex. Cowan as President 

 took the chair, several informal ones were held on the 

 previous days and a very large number of Fern fronds 

 were exhibited by Mr. Cowan on behalf of himself and Mr. 

 Phillips, these embracing a number of remarkably fine 

 varieties, clearly evidencing immense progress in the 

 development of superior forms by selection, and some new 

 " finds " of great merit. The most noteworthy were a 

 splendid form of Osiminda regalis juidiihita found by Mr.' 

 Phillips, and far excelling in foliose character an otherwise 

 similar variety of that name found many years ago in the 

 Azores, Lastvea dilatata crispa ochracea, shown by Mr. 

 Cowan, had beautifully crispate fronds, liberally and 

 constantly splashed with golden yellow. A cross effected 

 by Mr. Cowan betw^een presumably Polypodiiim vulgave var, 

 €ornnhiense and P. v. grandiceps Fox or Foster has yielded 

 a very fine "grandiceps" form of cornubiense cutting 

 P. V. c. grandiceps Cowan. Another very fine variety was a 

 subplumose form oiLastrea filix mas of a very promising type 

 for cultural selection. Various excursions were made to 

 Woody Bay, Hedensmouth, and other ferny districts in the 



