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Vol. I. JUNE, 1911. No. 8. 



Editorial Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 169 



Our Frontispiece (P. vulgare omnilacerum) .. .. .. 170 



The August Meeting .. .. .. .. .. .. 171 



Fern Pockets and other Contrivances (z7/i<s/;'a/i?i) ,, ,. 173 



Our Wonderful Native Ferns, by Charles T. Druery {continued) 176 



The Transmutation (?) of Lastrea ^Emula . . . . . . 179 



Fern " Seeds " .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 183 



The Lady Fern (Athyrium filix foemina) . . . . . . 185 



Blechnum spicant var. concinnum .. .. .. .. 187 



New Ferns.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 188 



The Benbow Herbarium Collection of Ferns .. .. 189 



New Members . . . . . . . . . . . , Inside Cover 



*' British Ferns and their Varieties " .. .. .. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. 



(With Addresses.) 



Askew, W. F., Junior, Fern Nursery, Grange, Keswick. 

 AUchin, F. A., Tredadwell, Fowey, Cornwall. 

 Aiken, Rev. J. J. M. L., Manse of Ayton, Berwickshire. 

 Adkin, F. N., Westwood, Oaklands Road, Bromley, Kent. 

 Apperly, Sir Alfred, Rodborough Court, Stroud, Glos. 

 Abbey, A. B., 325, Park Street, West Roxbury, Mass., U.S.A. 



Boyd, W. B., Faldonside, Melrose. 



Bolton, T., Fern Cottage, Warton, Carnforth. 



Bolton, R., Holly Bank, Warton, Carnforth. 



Brown, J., 86, Castle Street, Forfar. 



Bickham, Spencer H., f.l.s., Underdown, Ledbury. 



Bunyard, G., v.m.h., Maidstone. 



Buchan-Hepburn, Sir A., Bart., Smeaton Hepburn, Prestonkirk, East 



Lothian. 

 Bowles, E., Waltham Cross. 

 Bell, W., Maryville, Croslands, Furness Abbey. 

 Bolton, H., Yew Cottage, Warton, Carnforth. 

 Brown, T,, j.p., lona, Antrim Road, Belfast. 

 Barrel, M. B., 10, Avenue d'lena, Paris. 

 Broadbent, J., Thornlee Fern Nursery, Grotton, Oldham. 

 Ballantine, H., 5, Heath Bank Road, Birkenhead. 

 Barker, W. B., Vale View, Backbarrow, near Ulverston. 



Cowan, Alexander [President), Valleyfield House, Penicuik, Mid- 

 lothian. 

 Cranfield, W. B. [Treasurer), East Lodge, Enfield Chase, Enfield. 



