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well with me. I also found several plants of Lastvea dilatata 

 alpina with very crispy congested pinnae, very similar to a 

 form already named "fastigiata" at one of the annual 

 meetings, which plant was found and given to me by my 

 late friend, F. C. Crawford. The only other find I have to 

 record is L. montana vaviegata found when fern hunting 

 with Dr. Stansfield in this neighbourhood three or four years 

 ago, and which has kept true ever since I have had it in 

 cultivation. It is not, however, a strong grower, as most 

 montanas are with me. This list exhausts, I think, my 

 " finds " worth recording, though I may have missed a few 

 which can, however, be added later. The following ferns 

 I have raised from spores, one or two of which were shown 

 and named at the meeting in 1912 : — 



Polypodium vulgave elegantissimum gvandiceps Cowan, so 

 named by the Society, originated here in a sowing of 

 Polypodium spores, but I cannot say whence they came. It 

 has been very characteristic this last season, and I have a 

 large crop of seedlings recently picked out for growing on. 



Lastvea dilatata cvispa vaviegata Cowan also originated here 

 as a chance seedling among mixed spores of L. dilatata. It 

 keeps perfectly true year by year and is apparently a 

 thoroughbred, though I doubt if its spores would yield 

 variegated offspring. 



Lastvea f. m. vaviegata also originated here. It appeared 

 on a pot and was most conspicuous, or " kenspeckle " as 

 we say in Scotland, even as a tiny seedling, owing to its 

 yellow colour. It unfortunately is a miffy grower, owing, 

 probably, to a want of chlorophyll. 



Ath, ff. congesttim setigevum Cowan is one of the prettiest 

 and most distinct things I have raised. It is now some years 

 since I showed it at a meeting of the Society. It was not 

 so good as usual this summer, owing to the abnormally long 

 spell of dry weather we experienced here. 



A fern I am very proud of and which I think is unique 

 is L. montana congesta cvistata, evidently a cross between 



