THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. 2. 



JUNE, 1913. 



No. 16. 



CONTENTS. 



Editorial Notes 



Our Frontispiece (Scol. v, Crispum Nobile) .. 



Fern Hunting IN Scotland 



Nature versus Culture in Fern Variation (concluston) 



Ferns .. 



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An Amateur's Notes and Observations to Amateurs 



An Amateur's Notes and Editor's Remarks 



How Ferns Develop 



Varieties of Variation 



Root Room for Ferns 



Fern Fertility 



Vandalistic Botanists 



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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



At the time of writing we are in the midst of, in some 

 respects, the most interesting period of the year to the Fern 

 cultivator, since after the long rest of winter the Ferns 

 are rising like giants refreshed, and it is a real delight to 

 wander round a collection and note the fresh virgin verdancy 

 of the rising fronds and the different ways in which each 

 species behaves in displaying its particular charms. As it 

 requires a special article to deal with this we have prepared 

 one, to which we refer our readers. As usual, in collecting 

 the matter for this issue we found a lamentable lack, 

 indeed an entire absence, of outside contributions to the 

 literature of the British Fern cult, despite the existence of 

 over 150 possible contributors in the shape of as many 

 members. Fortunately, however, on going through the 

 mass of correspondence received we found a strino- of 

 letters from our member, Mr. Kirby, so full of interesting 

 notes, that we called upon him to help us by putting these 

 together in the form of an article, to which he happily con- 

 sented, and in so doing certainly supplied a model which 



