THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. I. 



DECEMBER, igii. 



No. lo. 



CONTENTS. 



Editorial Notes 



Our Frontispiece .. 



Some Polystichums Species and Varieties 



"Round my Fernery" 



POLYPODIUMS and DROUGHT 



Some Fern Hobby Experiences 



Varieties and Varieties.. 



Ferns and Mendelism 



Cystopteris sempervirens — dorsally proliferous 



New Fern 



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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The Editor is happy to announce that from all quarters 

 he is continually receiving most gratifying letters of ap- 

 preciation regarding the "Gazette," while new members 

 are swelling the ranks of its subscribers on fairly satisfac- 

 tory lines. Fairly satisfactory, however, by no means 

 realises the Editor's ambition, and he begs the present 

 members once again to aid him to the utmost by bringing 

 the " Gazette " under the notice of their fern-loving friends, 

 or at least providing him with the names and addresses of 

 such, so that he may send them a specimen copy and do 

 the recruiting himself. The list of members given in the 

 last issue contrasted with that available at the outset of the 

 "Gazette" idea, little more than a score, puts him, it is 

 true, on the right financial side, but it still leaves him no 

 margin either for the extension of the letterpress or of the 

 illustrations which he has in view. The subscription of 

 five shillings per annum, entitling to membership and 

 consequent association with a large number of fellow 



