THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. I. 



JUNE, 1912. 



CONTENTS. 



Editorial Notes 



The August Meeting 



Our Frontispiece (The Lastreas) 



Our Common Ferns (The Spleenworts) 



New Fern Strains [continued) 



British Ferns in Art 



A Regal Osmunda 



Polystichum Angulare Plumosissimum 



British Ferns and their Varieties . , 



List of Members .. 



Contents of Vol. I., Nos. 1-12 



No. 12. 



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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



It is with much pleasure that the Editor is enabled in 

 this number to complete the first volume consisting of 

 twelve consecutive issues covering three years of the 

 existence of the " Britis|i Fern Gazette," a record in this 

 country of a serial publication dealing exclusively with our 

 beautiful British Ferns. From the many appreciative 

 letters which he has received during that period, he cannot 

 help feeling that it has been all the success which he could 

 have desired, and he seizes this opportunity to express his 

 cordial thanks to those members who have aided him to 

 fill its pages with really interesting and practical informa- 

 tion. Thanks mainly to the establishment of the 

 Gazette, the original membership when it started of 

 little more than a score has been increased more than 

 sevenfold, with the result that instead of the Society's 

 funds being depleted by the expenses incurred, they have 

 actually been increased. The Editor, however, despite all 

 this, is not yet satisfied. Too few of the members contri- 

 bute to the pages of the Gazette, and it is his ambition 



