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In addition, the following varieties received First-Class Certificates from the 

 Royal Botanic Society by the author : — 



Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum var. grandiceps, 1868. 

 „ marinum var. decorum, 1868. 

 „ „ var. imbricatum, 1868. 



„ Filix-foemina var. ahasiphyllum, 1867. 

 Asplenium Filix-foemina var. Edwardsii, 1867. 



,, ,, var. umbraculczforme, 1867. 



Scolopendrium vulgare var. ariston, 1868. 



„ ,, var. dichotomum, 1868. 



„ ,, var. formosum, 1867. 



„ ,, var. illustre, 1868. 



,, „ var. marginato-undulatum, 1867. 



,, ,, var. Moorei, 1868. 



„ ,, var. notabile, 1867. 



„ „ var. omnilacerum, 1867. 



,, ,, var. tortum, 1868. 



,, ,, var. stenomenon, 1867. 



At the British Association Floral Fete at the Nottingham Meeting in 1866 

 (at which Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gardens ; Mr. Thomas 

 Speed, Chatsworth Gardens ; and Mr. Westland, of Witley Court, were the 

 judges), the following varieties received First-Class Certificates: — 



The Rev. C. A. A. Padley for— 

 Polystichum angulare, dissimile, parvissimum, inaquak, reflexum, variegatum, 

 formosum, glomeratum, orbiculatum, vestiium, and plumosttm , Scolopendrium 

 vulgare, variegatum and undulato-variabile ; Polystichum aculeatum, grande , 

 Nephrodium paleaceum, ramosum , Athyrium Filix-foemina, cordatum ; and 

 Asplenium Trichomanes, Moulei. 



Lord Belper for — 



Nephrodium paleaceum, Westlandii. 



Mr. Edwards for — ■ 



Scolopendrium vulgare, Moorei. 



Mr. E. Cooling for — 



Scolopendrium vulgare, Coolingii. 



The Author for— 



Asplenium Trichomanes, incisum-Claphami dXiAinterruptum ; Scolopendrium 



vulgare, Hookeri, crispum-incisum, and tortuoso-cristatum ; Athyrium Filix-fceraina, 



Longridgense, digitatum ; Polypodium vulgare, Daubenyense ; Nephrodium 



spinulosum, ebeneum ; and Asplenium marinum, imbricatum. 



