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Huichisomi — a trichomanoides — very pretty. Lyellii : 

 another pretty Polypod. Seinilacevnni Hawkins: very 

 strong grower. Coiimbiense f^Yandiceps Coivan : a great 

 beauty. Semilaccnim T. Bolton: splendid, the best semi- 

 lacerum I have yet seen. Auvito semilaceviim O'Kelly : not 

 a star. Auvito dentatum piilchrum O'Kelly: a young plant 

 that bids fair to become a very fine thing. Scuiilaccvum 

 O'Kelly : not good, sent by O'Kelly for SeniilaceYiim falcaiuni : 

 a donkey to a race-horse. Semilacevtim nndulatum : a fine 

 thing and good grower. Semilacernm rohnsium O'Kelly: 

 rightly named, a noble fern. Bipdo ^vandiceps : good. 

 Oakeleyce : a wee plant only. Rotiindaimn Green : an interest- 

 ing Polypod of small growth and rather inconstant. 



Also two Canadian Polypods from Mr. Druery, with 

 tails as long as a wet week. 



This ends the varieties grown upon this bed. In 

 another small house growinsr in pots I have Angustatnm 

 O'Kelly, a very good thing that should have been named 

 "elegans." Scvvatiim accisum O^KcUy, very dense; but no 

 gem. A seedling sent me in the way of Pulcherrimum, a 

 promising youngster. Two finds from Mr. Bell ; one is 

 a really good Polypod of semilacerum character, the 

 other is a crispy foliose variety, two good finds. A local 

 find of Dr. Stansfield, and two local finds of my own. 

 These three have got to be tried before anything can be 

 said of them. An omnilacerum from Mr. Hawkins, but 

 out of character. An interesting plant from Mr. W'hitwell, 

 one of Clapham's hybrids, Palmatum. Semilacevuni Hawkins : 

 this is a really good semilacerum. Covmituni O'Kelly, 

 Acnto servulatum longifolium O'Kelly, Tvtincatunt O'Kelly. 

 These three latter ones are but fairly passable. 



This completes the list of Polypodiums grown by me. I 

 am very fond of the Polypodium family, a beautiful section 

 of the hardy British Fern, but first and foremost I place the 

 glorious Polystichum. Among these are to be found some 

 of the most beautiful jewels in the vegetable kingdo p. 



