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OBITUARY. 



Mr. J. A. Martindale, Staveley. 



It is with great regret that we have to record the death 

 of Mr. J. A. Martindale, one of the original pioneers of the 

 British Fern cult, which took place on April loth, in his 

 77th year, at Staveley, to the intense regret of a very large 

 circle of friends. In addition to his extensive knowledge 

 of our Native Ferns and their varieties, he was a general 

 botanist, an archaeologist, a student of natural history in 

 general, and furthermore was one of those invaluable 

 spirits who systematically record and published their 

 experiences of natural phenomena for the benefit of their 

 fellow students generally — a brilliant example for all of us. 



The Editor. 



At the last moment before going to press the sad news 

 reaches us also of the death of one of the founders of our 

 Society, Mr. John Anthony Wilson, of Millbeck Stock, 

 Bowness, Windermere, at the ripe age of 83, passing 

 peacefully away in his sleep on May 8th. To fern lovers 

 especially a visit to his nursery was ever an enjoyment, 

 both as regards the humourous geniality of the man 

 himself and his knowledge of the cult, many good finds 

 standing to the credit of both him and his wife, who pre- 

 deceased him by several years. This loss will be deeply 

 felt in the locality and by all those of our Society v;ho 

 knew him, as he was one of those striking ** characters " 

 whom to know was a pleasure and whose loss is irreplace- 

 able. His funeral was attended by over a hundred 

 members of the various Societies to which he had been 

 attached. C.T.D. 



The Editor would remind the Members that Messrs. 

 H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton, are distributing true 

 plants of that uniquely beautiful fern, P. aculeatuvi gvacilli- 

 mum Dvuevyii. 



