142 BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ETC. 
Ar the same meeting, Mr. F. W. Stansfield, M.B., read a paper 
**On the Production of Apospory by Environment in Athyri ium 
Filix-femina var. uncoglomeratum, an apparently barren Fern.” 
This had been effected by cutting off parts of the immature fronds 
and allowing them to expand during eighteen months in a 
nary sexual axes of growth. One of the prothalli had been 
examined, and found to bear both eta and antheridia. On 
layering the primary fronds produced by apospory, it was found 
that these readily gave rise to fresh aposporous growths. ne ease 
with which apospory was induced in the primary fronds, as com- 
pared with the extreme difficulty in the case of fronds from = older 
apospory was an ‘atatic trait in ferns. Mr. Stansfield’s “culture 
was exhibited, and showed the primary aposporous prothalli with 
fronds of the steels abe proceeding from them, the latter being 
layered and having secondary aposporous prothalli, bearing root- 
hairs, growing from aa, 
Newspaper botany is shies entertaining, but we doubt whether 
any better example of journalese has ever been produced than the 
following, which seems to be a popular appreciation of the important 
work on Sikkim Orchids reviewed in our December number. Com- 
mt i ecessary, and indeed could hardly do justice to this 
wonderful presentment of facts. It need hardly be said that the 
extract is from the Daily Mail (of Jan. ay which in matters of this 
d has far outstripped all competitors: 
“8,000 NEW ORCHIDS FOUND. 
‘* Details concerning the successful era tion of the search of 
Sir George King and Mr. Robert Pantling (of Alnwick) for orchids 
pt cr wv 
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sin : 
“The supply of these exquisitely fascinating plants will soon be 
increased, and the botanical followers of the right hon. member for 
West Birmingham will find their growing demands more easily 
attended to.” 
punoenet numerous to support a periodical of their own, devoted 
ude. for there is no better stimulus to such a pursuit than a 
