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What can compare to the delicacy and beauty of the 

 inimitable gracillimums of our Editor, or the exquisitely 

 beautiful pellucidums of Mr. Stansfield. I feel proud to 

 be the possessor of some half-dozen each of the best forms 

 of these lovely and enchanting ferns — thanks to the raisers. 

 Of Plumosums — who is there that dare say they are not 

 beautiful and captivating in the extreme. In mentioning 

 a few of these that I grow first must be a seedling from 

 Baldimnii, raised by the Editor, from whom I received it 

 and for which kindness I shall always feel extremely 

 grateful. The beautiful cutting and lovely appearance of 

 this plant is far beyond the power of my pen to describe. 

 The Editor has a sister plant of this growing and fiourishing 

 in a shallow pan with about an incli and a quavtev of soil to 

 eat, but which has buckets of water to drink during the 

 suumier months. If ever Baldwinii itself was much more 

 beautiful than these it must indeed have been a sight 

 worthy of the gods to look upon. All honour to Mr. 

 Druery for perpetuating " Baldwinii,'' which itself is 

 doubtless lost to cultivation. Densuni, Laxum, Rohustum, 

 Grande Pliimosmn and Tenue of Jones and Fox. Dissectnni oj 

 Pearson. Grimniondii, Esplan, Moly, Patey. Of Stansfield — 

 Cnpressoides, Dissectnni, Foliosnni, Fvondosuin, Magnificum, 

 Polydactyhon, Cvispatuni and Imhvicatmn. Plumosissimuni 

 Birkenhead. Piuniosuni magnificum, Edwards. Three or four 

 pseudo Esplans, all sent for the genuine article. Divisilohnms 

 Falcatum Moley, Falcaio decompositum Moly, Grande Jones, 

 Perfectum Jones, Productnm Fox, Rohustum Moly, Longi- 

 pinnatum and one or two others. Flabelli-pinnuluni. 

 Grandidens Fitt, Grandidens — own find. Inequale vaviegatiini 

 Padley. Gvandiceps Talbot, Grandiceps Abbott, Setoso 

 cuneatum. Cristato gracilc percvistatum Moly. Lineare Wells. 

 Decuvvens, own find. Hirondelle Wills. Pulchervinium 

 Beavis, P. variegatum Moly, P. polydactylnm Stansfield, 

 Pulcherrimum Moly. Dr. Stansfield had this lovely 

 thing in beautiful character last year. Grandiceps 



