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names of the varieties which I cultivate. As we enter the 

 house the Polypodium bank lies on the left hand side and 

 the first plant we come to is Hillmans ramosum : this makes 

 a fine plant, but is somewhat coarse. Semilacerum O' Kelly : 

 a really good thing. Dentatum O'Kelly : a graceful fern of 

 robust growth, it would make a fine basket fern, its 

 ultimate destination. Cristatwn : the old form with 

 immense crests, deep green fronds and of tine growth. 

 Pulcherriniiim Addison: this is a beauty, forming a bush 

 with fronds from 7 to g inches wide. Camhricnm in fine 

 character and vigour. Glomeratum Mnllins : with fronds 

 nearly two feet long and no two alike, is rather coarse, a fit 

 companion to Hillmans ramosum. 'Actiio angitstaUim O'Kelly : 

 rather graceful, but not of the elite. Cristatum Foster is 

 beautiful, in fine character and full of vigour. Barroivii : 

 a gem, quite a bush and in splendid form. Trichomanoides 

 Backhouse : a lovely thing, all fronds true. Prestonii : another 

 erem of the first water, strong and in fine form, Cristatum 

 Fox : equal if not superior to Foster's both in growth and 

 character. Grandiceps Parker : a most beautiful Poly- 

 pod, a fine bunch, not a big grower, fronds a foot high. 

 Hadwimi : very fine in character and robust in growth, 

 perhaps the best of the plumose forms. Cornubiense : fine 

 and beautiful. Multifido elegantissimum : strong and good. 

 Macrostachya O'Kelly : strong grower, and distinct. Umni- 

 lacevum Aldrenii : not in full character, but fine. Omni- 

 lacerum Bennett : a great beauty and a vigorous grower. 

 The Oxford Omnilacevum : in fine character, a veritable 

 bush, fronds 30 inches long, truly the King of Polypods. 

 Acuto Sevratum O'Kelly : in nice form, very distinct. 



Caudatum OKelly : this is superior to macrostachya, 

 more caudate and with serrated pinna. Hyhvida: fine, in 

 the way of cornubiense, one of Clapham's I believe. 

 Semilacerum elegans of O'Kelly, but renamed Semilacerum 

 falcatum by Mr. Druery : a fine thing with long, rather 

 narrow fronds beautifully falcate. 



