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elite of our handsome British Fern varieties, all but a very 

 few being the original form as found wild, the species thus 

 owing little to selective culture. In conclusion, I would 

 point out that the species in question is perfectly ever- 

 green, the fronds remaining fresh and verdant until the 

 next growing season. Curiously enough, though the 

 normal species and many of its varieties rise fairly early in 

 the season, all the plumose or " cambricum " section 

 defer rising, as a rule, until July, when they resume 

 growth rapidly at a time when most of our native species 

 are fully developed, thereby extending the interesting 

 season materially. 



List of Varieties. 



Polypodium vulgare cambricum (old form), P.v.c. 

 Barrowi, P.v.c. Hadwini, P.v.c. Prestoni, P.v.c. Oakleyae, 

 P.v. pulcherrimum, P. v. omnilacerum, Oxford variety, 

 very fine (30 inches), P.v. grandiceps Parker, P.v.g. Fox, 

 P.v.g. Forster, P.v. cristatum, P.v. multifido-grandiceps, 

 P.v. cornubiense (elegantissimum), P.v.c. Clapham, P.v.c. 

 trichomanoides, P.v.c. Hutchinsoni, P.v.c. Lyelli, P.v c. 

 grandiceps Cowan, P.v. semilacerum falcatum O'Kelly, 

 P.v.s. O'Kelly, P.v.s. undulatum, P.v.s, robustum, P.v.s. 

 T. Bolton, P.v. macrostachyon O'Kelly, P.v. serrato- 

 caudatum O'Kelly, P.v. acuto-serratum O'Kelly, and 

 several other distinct varieties. 



Chas. T. Druery, V.M.H., F.L.S. 



