RuaG: VERMONT, THE FERN LOVER’S PARADISE 87 
of the variety polyclados Moore was found. This one— 
plant was transplanted to the fernery of Miss Elizabeth 
Billings, where it has increased so that now there are sey- 
eral plants. This fern is one of the most striking that I 
have ever seen, and Mr. B. D. Gilbert said it was the 
most profusely branched and Meet eh of A. filiz- 
femina that he had seen in this co’ 
Polystichum acrostichoides neat te Schott and its 
incised variety are common. For several years I have 
had a peculiar form of this fern growing in my fern 
garden. It is interesting because of the truncate form ee 
pinnae and the multifid form of ‘the tip of the: frond. — 
The sterile fronds are usually like t € aoe 
a fern I transplanted into my garden sever ly ie 
o, and ever since then it has continued to bear tl t inte é 
salar fronds. The late Mr. B. D. filet J ’ — 
ested in the plant and asked per 7 
in the Fern Bulletin, but illness and finaly bi 
tae Polystichum Braunii (8 nr a Fee 
rare in Vermont and may be looked f 
