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were included, these representing 46 families, 118 genera, and 
about 300 species and varieties. In addition to these a large 
number of cuttings of some 30 species, not otherwise represented, 
were secured, and it is expected that s of these will de- 
velop into plants and add still further to our accessions from 
this source. 
he size of the collection prevents a detailed account, so we 
onfi ur. s to a reference to its more marked features 
n richness of illustration the ferns and their allies easily take 
first plac the true ferns, the Polypodiaceae, 21 genera 
podium cuspidatum, a native of C ‘pial pene - 
alayan region, 4. iene and the popu ostol 
rm, WV. exaltata Bostoniensis; an ng t co : 
pallida and D. Fisiensis major. Adding still greater value, in 
t e not represented 1 ur conservatory collections 
efore, are the following families, relations of the true ferns, eac 
represented ingle genus: Gleicheniaceae, Marattiaceae an 
smundaceae, the latter by Zodea barb fern allies 
of which int ng material was received are la- 
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valuable of these being a fine plant of Excephalartos Caffer, the 
Kafir-bread, of Africa, with fronds 5 or 6 feet lon ng 5 anda smaller 
but promising plant of Dion edule, a native of Mex 
he Araucariaceae, representing in the southern hemisphere 
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the collection in two plants of Araucaria pena. the Norfolk 
