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mas, with all tips recurved, by Mr. C. T. Druery, 

 constituting the most marked examples. 



Amongst the choicest specimen fronds brought for 

 inspection by Mr. Cowan may be mentioned two forms 

 of L. m. angustata, found in Perthshire, L. ;;;. foliosa 

 congesia, several distinct types of Pscudathyritim alpestre, 

 L. f. m. cvispa with very dense frond tips, found in Forfar 

 by him, and a quite recent find of his of P. lonchitis 

 cvisiatinn in the same county, also a very dwarf form 

 of L. dilatata (L. d. nana). Mr. Cowan, who has been very 

 successful in raising L. inontana from spores, showed also 

 fronds of L. ;;/. congesta cvistata and a beautiful L. ni. cuvta 

 cristata, not unlike A. f.f. gcmniattim on a small scale. 

 Asp. ivichomanes foliosuni found by him in Italy was also 

 admired. Dr. Stansfield exhibited fronds of a fine ramo- 

 cristate form of Bleclmuni spicant anomaUim raised by his 

 brother, in which the fronds justified the " anomalum " 

 name by being all foliose, with the fructification in the 

 centre instead of being borne marginally on much 

 contracted fronds, as in the normal species. 



From the Rev. Principal Kingsmill Moore came a 

 densely crested, congested and plumose form of P. angnlare 

 raised by him from a " plumosum " in the Clifton collec- 

 tion, but a careful examination led to the opinion that the 

 cresting was due to a cross with an imperfect polydactylous 

 variety, which has long been recognised as allying itself 

 whenever possible with thoroughbreds and eventually 

 marring them with irregularities. As the plant is still 

 young naming was deferred on this account until further 

 developments. Very similar forms had been raised at 

 Sale by H. Stansfield, and had failed to justify the 

 expectations which their juvenile excellence had aroused. 



The " sensation " of the meeting, however, was the 

 exhibition by Mr. J. Edwards of a series of fronds of 

 plants raised by him from P. aculcatiiui pnlchevrivinni, the 

 parent of the now renowned strains of P. ac. pulch. 



