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FERN GROWING 



of botanical interest, and it was awarded a first-class 

 certificate. 



" Both of us have had great experience in the crossing 

 of Ferns, one of us (Colonel Jones) starting twenty years later 

 than the other, and our results coincide. Instances of 

 crossing have now accumulated to such an extent as to 

 preclude the possibility of any further doubt on the subject. 

 To produce the results, however, great care is necessary 



that the germination of the spores are very general and also 

 simultaneous. The clear proof of the reality of the crossing 

 of varieties lies in the fact of the production of plants either 

 bearing a character intermediate between those of the plants 

 sown, or combining their characters. 



" A remarkable fact in connection with the crosses is the 

 frequent transference of the character of one variety to 

 another ; this even applies to variegation. It will be seen in 



