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British Fern direGtion that wild varieties are sought 

 for and recorded, and an account kept of the pedigree 

 of their offspring on really practical lines. Give, then, 

 the Editor all the opportunities you can of helping in 

 this direction. 



The "Gazette" stands alone as a publication dealing 

 specially with the British Fern cult, and it is the Editor's 

 desire to see all matters of interest in that connection 

 gravitate to its pages. Specimen copies will always be 

 sent on receipt of application from possible members, 

 and the small subscription of 5s. per annum — from August 

 to August — entitling to four issues of the "Gazette" and 

 all the privileges of membership, should certainly not form 

 an obstacle to joining to any real Fern lover. 



The subscription for 1914-15 is now due, and the 

 Hon. Secretary would be obliged by its remittance at 

 an early date to his address, 11, Shaa Road, Acton, 



London, W. 



The Editor. 



OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



P. ANG. PULCHERRIMUM H. StANSFIELD No. I. 



The photograph, kindly furnished by Dr. Stansfield, 

 represents a very beautiful form of the rare section of 

 *' pulcherrimum " Polystichum angulares, of which Dr. 

 Stansfield has already given an account in the "Gazette," 

 Vol. I., p. 274. Several finds of this section are recorded 

 but the majority of them have proved inconstant, the 

 " pulcherrimum " character of elongated lower pinnules 

 terminating in prothalli (apical apospory), disappearing 

 entirely, or only cropping up at long intervals. The 

 form we illustrate, however, raised presumably from 

 one of these " finds," appears to be constant, and 



