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produced under these circumstances, while normal in the 

 upper part, in the lower part showed pinnae so altered from 

 the usual long narrow shape, as to be very little more 

 than small unfolding semi-circles. In this case it seems to 

 be quite certain that a varietal form has been caused by 

 the constricted space in which the frond began its 

 unfolding. 



In submitting these thoughts and observations to the 

 readers of the Gazette, I do not flatter myself that I am 

 making any solid contribution to a difficult subject. Even 

 it the points I make be valid, they can at best carry us but 

 a little way. If, however, the Editor should think them 

 worth printing, it is just possible that they may turn ether 

 minds in the same direction. Where so little is known 

 even elementary hints may lead to positions worth attaining. 



H. KiNGSMiLL Moore, D.D. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



Barton, H. D. M., The Bush, Antrim, 



Day, Miss C. E., i6, Burgoyne Road, Harringay, N. 



Duncan, Jas., Minto Fell Nurseries, Kendal. 



Finch, T. J,, Charlton Park Gardens, Malmesbury, Wilts, 



Grimason, Mrs. N,, 27, Grove Road, Windsor. 



Holt, T,, 29, West Road, Lancaster. 



Kirby, A., 49, Elm Street, Roath, Cardiff. 



Laverton, Mrs. W. H., Leighton, Westbury, Wilts. 



Pain, Frampton., Arlington, Chase Ridings, Enfield Chase. 



Pattison, C, Linwood, near Paisley. 



Rowlands, L. P., 38, Seymour Place, Fulham Road, S.W. 



Roberts, W, Richter, Monkwood Cottage, Baldwyn Hill, Loughton, 



Essex. 

 Thorburn, R. W., 68, Morris Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia 



The Editor would remind the Members that Messrs. 

 H. B. May & Sons, Edmonton, are distributing true 

 plants of P. aculeatum gracillimum Drueryii. 



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