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OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE CRISPUM NOBILE. 



This magnificent crispum, which deservedly obtained a 

 First-class Certificate when exhibited at the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society in October last, was found some time ago 

 on Wharton Crag, the limestone ridge visible from Carn- 

 forth Station and close to the little village of Warton, where 

 two of our members, T. Bolton and H. Bolton have note- 

 worthy collections of British Fern Varieties. Mr. W. B. 

 Cranfield, ever on the look-out for new acquisitions, made 

 the acquaintance of this remarkable Fern on visiting 

 Mr. H. Bolton, who had acquired it from the finder, and in 

 turn Mr. Cranfield became the owner and as a result 

 obtained the award aforesaid. The plant appears to have 

 an exceptionally robust constitution and many of its beau- 

 tifully frilled fronds are nearly seven inches across, in this 

 way so far eclipsing any previous find as well to merit the 

 exceptional award given. Oar Frontispiece speaks for 

 itself. The fern is known as Bolton's broad form or 

 *' nobile." 



FERN HUNTING IN SCOTLAND.- 



A recent spell of fern hunting in the Highlands and else- 

 where in Scotland, and its results, merit, I venture to think, 

 a brief descriptive article. Making Aberfeldy my first 

 stopping place, I found, as I had previously done, that I 

 was in the centre of a grand hunting district, though the 

 range of species was more limited than in our south- 

 western counties of England, the Hartstongue and Poly- 

 stichiim angiilave being nonexistent, or, at any rate, so rare 

 as to be undiscoverable, which is probably a safer con- 

 clusion to arrive at. Lastveas filix-mas, pseudo-mas, montana 

 and dilatata, were in profusion; Athyrium Jillx fceniina held 



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