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Spring. — Spring, a German botanist and writer on Lyco- 
podiacee. 
Stansfield. — Stansfield, a nurseryman at Todmorden, 
Yorkshire, celebrated as a discoverer and cultivator of 
numerous varieties of British species of Ferns. 
Strume. Dr. J. W. Strume, German botanist; " Enumera- 
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Sw. Olaf Swartz, a Swedish botanist and traveller in 
Jamaica; “Synopsis Filicum,” an enumeration and 
description of all known Ferns since 1806. 
Thunb. P. Thunberg, a Dutch traveller and botanist in 
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of Japan, 1784. 
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Tuckerman. E. Tuckerman, a United States botanist. 
Vahl. Mart. Vahl, a German botanist. 
Van den Bosch. Dutch botanist; “Synopsis Hymeno- — 
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Veitch. James Veitch & Son, nurserymen, London, da 1 
Es brated importers and cultivators of rare Ferns. — 
= Vent. E.P. Ventenat, a French botanist. 
Vogler. — Vogler, a German botanist. 
