THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. I. 



MARCH, 1912. 



No. II. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Editorial Notes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 249 



Our Frontispiece (The Polystichums) .. .. ., 250 



The Narrative of a Resuscitated Collection .. .. 251 



Our Common Ferns (The Lastreas) .. .. .. .. 258 



Some Polystichums : Species and Varieties {continued) . . 262 



New Fern Strains . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 267 



Spring Treatment of Hardy Ferns .. .. .. .. 271 



The Angulare Pulcherrimums. . .. .. .. .. 274 



New Ferns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 280 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Naturally during the winter and dormant season 

 for Ferns we have little to report as to new things, 

 but we present with pleasure to our members a most 

 interesting article from Dr. F. W. Stansfield on that 

 peculiarly interesting section of the Shield Ferns, which 

 has been christened the " pulcherrimums " or the beautiful, 

 which in their best form they richly deserve, but which 

 had their discoverers known of the phenomenon of 

 " apospory," which is a characteristic associated with all 

 the angulares so named, a more appropriate name in the 

 scientific sense would doubtless have been given. We 

 have also been favoured with an interesting and amusing 

 paper by Mr. W. B. Cranlield, relating to what may be 

 termed the "resurrection" treatment of moribund ferns, 

 by virtue of which a large number of Mr. Moly's original 

 and unique finds have been not only restored to life but 

 multiplied into the bargain. We would once more impress 

 upon our members our desire that they will help us with 

 MSS. relating to their finds and experiences, since the 



