THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. 2. DECEMBER, 1913. No. 18. 



CONTENTS. 



Editorial Notes 



Our Frontispiece (Scol. v. saggitato grandiceps Druery) 



Ferns Under Trees (Dr. F. W. Stansfield) 



Dwarf British Ferns (continued) 



Our Native Polypodies 



PoLYSTiCHUM Angulare (Col. A. M. Joncs's Notcs) .. 



Some Troubles of an Amateur 



Fern Species and Varieties 



Fern Notes from Scotland (W. Richter Roberts) 



New Ferns 



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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Naturally at this season of the year growth is not only 

 at a standstill but the fronds of all the deciduous species 

 have more or less disappeared, and under glass the chief 

 task is that of clearing them away for tidiness sake. 

 Outside, on the other hand, it is best to leave them to 

 serve as the natural winter protection for which they are 

 the better, thoroughly hardy though they be. This dying 

 down and disappearance of the frondage is often miscon- 

 strued as implying a cessation of any need for watering. 

 In the open this implies no danger, but under glass it often 

 leads to the actual death of the plants by drought. 

 Care should therefore be taken against this risk, it being 

 borne in mind that wherever Ferns grow and thrive the 

 winter conditions involve practically a constantly wet soil 

 and little or no evaporation. Furthermore, the root 

 systems undoubtedly are active long before visible growth 

 is evident above ground, and if the soil become dry in pots 

 or pans under cover, great and probably fatal damage 

 results. 



With these remarks we may recur to our co^Ftantly 



