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sprays of orange and scattered scarlet berries, which are a god- 

 send to the vagrant birds. 



We possess a specimen of Enkianthns Japonica, which was 

 very beautiful a month ago, but is now in winter bareness. 

 Its foliage turned to a uniform blood-red, making it more 

 showy than a Dahlia. The tips of the leaves turned first, as did 

 those of a fine Parottia Persica, its near neighbor, which is now 

 in full splendor of handsome persistent foliage, irregularly 

 marked with shades of crimson and gold. These two rather 

 rare shrubs are of easiest culture, and I know of none that are 

 more valuable for autumnal effects. 



Our Coluteas are still a lively green, and so is the grass, 

 though we have had some sharp frosts. Cytisus nigricans 

 retains vigorous leafage of a very dark plum color, almost 

 black. Can this deepening of the foliage be the origin of its 

 name ? All Spiraeas seem to keep their summer dress until 

 very late, and all are desirable for this and many other good 

 points. The old-fashioned Spircea prtmifolia has now shed 

 most of its leaves, but 6". Thunbergii is exceptionally beautiful, 

 with light yellowish red shades and fairy delicacy of growth. 

 Near by a mass of S. Lindleyana is fast losing its golden sprays, 

 while the little S. Bumalda and S. callosa alba are scarcely 

 changed, except that their leaves have lost their pristine fresh- 

 ness of appearance. 



Fontanesia phillyrceoides is a rich dark green, and Hyperi- 

 cum patulum makes a pleasing spot of verdure for the eye to 

 rest upon. The Golden Elder is golden still, and the Witch 

 Hazel is adorned with tassels and fringe, which do not wear as 

 well as its tiny, inconspicuous yellow florets, which are the 

 calyxes and will remain all winter to protect the ripening 

 seed. The leaves have shriveled long ago. Very golden and 

 strikingly handsome is the Ramanas Rose, while its Hima- 

 layan cousin, which shoulders it in our lower shrubbery, is a 

 bright shade of orange, very distinct, as the florists say. 



Chimonanthus fragrans is unchanged. It is to be left out 

 all winter — perhaps a dangerous experiment, with no protec- 

 tion except leaves and limbs of trees to keep the mulch in 

 place. This shrub is hardy in England. Although our win- 

 ters are sometimes very severe, with the thermometer occa- 

 sionally below zero, our southern Jessamine lives and flour- 

 ishes with no protection except what is kindly afforded by the 

 autumn winds that heap the withered leaves about its feet. 

 The Iteas are still handsome, in dull red, to which Elceagnus 

 longipes, with its grayish foliage, forms a striking and beauti- 

 ful contrast. Near by a group of Cotoneasters are showy in 

 their dark rich crimson shadings. 



Very interesting still are the shrubberies, with changing 

 combinations and lovely effects, delightful to an eye that ap- 

 preciates color. Many berries add to their beauty ; among 

 them the bright hips of the Wild Roses and Sweet Briers, the 

 red and yellow uniform of the Bitter-sweet, and the fiery 

 glow of some Euonymuses are especially noticeable. A varie- 

 gated Ampelopsis has metallic greenish blue berries, which 

 are pretty and persistent, and the Saint Peter's-worts are 

 sprinkled with white and red berries, which remain until very 

 late in the winter. With a judicious admixture of Evergreens, 

 the shrubberies may be made attractive at all seasons, and 

 one can have endless enjoyment in watching their transfor- 

 mations. 



I must not forget the rich verdure of the" Honeysuckles and 

 the elegant Akebia quinata; nor the Japanese Alder, which is 

 now conspicuously green, with its curious cones and catkins ; 

 and I must spare just a word of appreciation of the wild 

 Blackberry-vines, rioting along the lanes, whose ruby wine 

 tints are fairly glowing in the sunshine this sparkling Novem- 

 ber day. 



Rose Brake, w. Va. Danske Dandridge. 



Filices Mexicans. — IV. 



THE following concludes the enumeration of the 

 Ferns collected in the states of Nuevo Leon, Jalisco, 

 San Louis Potosi and Machoacan, Mexico, during the 

 seasons of 1888, 1889 and 1890, by Mr. C. G. Pringle, of 

 Charlotte, Vermont. The notes and descriptions, as in 

 former numbers, are by Mr. George E. Davenport, of Med- 

 ford, Massachusetts. 



Ophioglossum crotalophoroides, Walter (3405). Damp 

 soil, near Patzcuaro, November, 1890. 



Ophioglossum vulgatum, L. (1564). Moist places, foot-hills 

 of the Sierra Madre, state of Chihuahua, October, 1887. (Re- 

 ceived too late for inclusion in notes for that year.) 



Osmunda regalis, L., no number. 



Pell^ea angustifolia, Baker (1836) ; also var. cwieata, 



Baker (2026 and 2588). All from Barranca, near Guadalajara. 

 September and November, 1888 and 1889. Moist bluffs and 

 shaded banks. 



Pell^ea flexuosa, Link. (2832). Dry cliffs near Guadala- 

 jara, November, 1888. 



PelLjEA intramarginalis, J. Smith, var. serratifolia, Hooker 

 and Baker (1986). Shaded grassy slopes of Sierra Madre, 

 Monterey, June, 1888. Tall, elegant specimens. 



Pell^a Pringlei, n. sp. (2591). Rhizoma short, stout, 

 crowns clothed with a coarse, tawny, fibrous tomentum ; 

 fronds 6' to 16' tall ; stipites 5' to 10' long, straw-color, with 

 brownish bases, channeled, naked or with a very slight decid- 

 uous pubescence ; laminae bluish green, 2)4' to 6' long, \y^' 

 to 4' broad at base, deltoid-ovate, pinnate, or the lower pinnae 

 sometimes again pinnatifid ; pinnge three to five pairs, with 

 long straw-colored stalks like the stipites, deltoid-hastate, 

 terminal ones generally one-sided or sub-hastate, but some- 

 times deltoid-hastate like the others, lower ones sometimes 

 divided into two unequal divisions, or several times unequally 

 lobed, or even pinnately divided into from one to three pairs 

 of oblique-stalked pinnules, the terminal one also stalked ; 

 texture sub-herbaceous, the copious free veins plainly visible ; 

 costse prominent on both sides ; fructification continuous round 

 the revolute bluish margins. 



Habitat: 2591, cool mossy banks, Barranca, near Guadala- 

 jara, state of Jalisco, October 19th, 1889; also 2029, collection 

 1888. Dr. Palmer's 543 of his 1886 collection, which was re- 

 ferred to P. cordata with some hesitation, from depauperate 

 specimens, by Professor Eaton, in Proc. Amer. Acad., xxii., 

 p. 463, is identical with Mr. Pringle's plant. The illustration 

 on page 560 is from a drawing by Mr. C. E. Faxon. 



Pell^ea rigida, Hooker (3298). Ledges and bare banks, 

 San Jose Pass, October, 1890 ; also 2602 of 1889 collection. 



Pell/ea Skinneri, Hooker (2831). Of 1888 collection ; 2603 

 and 2586 of 1889 collection. Moist shaded banks, Barranca, 

 June, September. 



Phegopteris rudis, Mett. (1844 and 1984). Wet places, near 

 Guadalajara, November, 1888. 



Phegopteris tetragona, Mett. (3409). In a cave partially 

 lighted, whence issues the Choy River, June, 1890. 



Polypodium AUREUM, L., var. areolatum, D. C. Eaton (2022). 

 On calcareous ledges and banks near Guadalajara, December, 

 1888 ; and 2582, from ledges, Sierra de Esteben, October, 1889. 



Polypodium ellipsoideum, Fee (3404). On trees, hills of 

 Patzcuaro, November, 1890. 



Polypodium furfuraceum, Schlecht. (3356). On trees, Ta- 

 masopo Canon, June; and 3357, on Oaks, hills of Patzcuaro, 

 November, 1890. I am indebted to Professor Eaton's kindness 

 in placing these numbers, and must confess that I would not 

 so have placed them from the description in " Synopsis Fili- 

 cum," with which the specimens are wholly at variance. Not 

 only are the "soft spreading hairs" wanting to these speci- 

 mens, but the rhizoma is clothed with distinct broad scales 

 instead of "woolly fibrils," as called for in the description. 

 There is no question, however, but that they agree with speci- 

 mens heretofore referred to this species by Professor Eaton ; 

 from Bourgeau's, Ghiesbreght's, Mohr's, Palmer's and Farlow's 

 collections, and I am well content to leave Mr. Pringle's in 

 such good company. 



Polypodium lanceolatum, L. (3358). On Oaks, rocky hills 

 of Patzcuaro, state of Machoacan, November, 1890. 



Polypodium lycopodioides, L. (3355). Climbing on shrubs, 

 limestone hills of Las Palmas, October, 1890. A very large 

 fine form, in which the fronds are frequently bifid, and the 

 climbing rhizoma unusually stout, very different in appearance 

 from the usual forms of the species, but agreeing very well 

 with Ervendberg's No. 9, from Wartenberg, Mexico, 1858, a 

 specimen of which Professor Eaton very kindly sent to me for 

 comparison. 



Polypodium plesiosorum, Kunze (2023). Cold mossy ledges, 

 Sierra Madre, near Monterey, June-July, 1888 ; also 3354, 

 from rocks and earth, hills of Patzcuaro, November, 1890, 

 and, with this last, from same locality ; 3352 (ticketed Poly- 

 podium plesiosoriim, Kunze, var.), a remarkable form, 

 with larger, broader fronds, more strongly serrated pinnae, 

 lower ones obtusely lobed, and the unusually stout rhizoma 

 densely clothed with large, long and beautifully ciliated 

 pale scales. I was at first inclined to look upon this as 

 a distinct species, but finding similar specimens from Kew 

 in the Cambridge herbarium marked with a query, I sent 

 specimens of Mr. Pringle's plant to Mr. Baker, who has re- 

 ferred it to plesiosorum, but thinks it is distinct enough to 

 make a good variety. Subsequent examinations have con- 

 vinced me that he is right, and as some slight acknowledg- 

 ment of the many courtesies received from him from time to 



