6o FERN GROWING 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION FLORAL FETE, BATH, 1888. 

 (Report from the Gardener^ Chronicle.) 



"The most conspicuous feature was that of British Ferns. The unique 

 varieties of Colonel Jones, of Clifton, and of Mr. E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., of 

 Shirenewton Hall, near Chepstow, made a grand display, numbering some 

 hundreds of well-grown plants. All the First and Second Prizes were taken by 

 these two gentlemen, who between them also secured thirty First-Class Certi- 

 ficates for very distinct new varieties. New Ferns also came from twelve 

 other well-known growers. Such a collection has never been before brought 

 together. 



"The following is the list of First-Class Certificates awarded : * — 



Mrs. Abbot, The Priory, Abbots Leigh, near Bristol, for — 

 Aspidium aculeatum (section grandiceps) Abbotm. 



Mr. J. M. Barnes, Levens, Milnthorpe, Westmoreland, for — 

 Polypodium vulgare var. multifido-ekgantissimum. 



„ „ var. folioso-cornubiense. 



„ „ var. bifido-grandiceps. 



Nephrodium abbreviatum var. grandiceps. 



,, montanum var. coronans. 



Asplenium Filix-fcemina var. regale. 



„ ,, var. plumosum Barnesii. 



Mr. W. C. Carbonell, Usk, for— 



Aspidium angulare var. divisilobum-grandiceps. 



Mr. C. T. Druery, F.L.S., Fernholme, Forest Gate, Essex, for — 

 Lomaria Spicant var. concinna. 

 „ ,, var. ramo-cristata. 



Mr. Fitt, the Frythe Gardens, Welwyn, Herts, for — 

 Nephrodium paleaceum var. ramo-cristatum. 



Mr. E. F. Fox, Brislington, Bristol, for — 

 Aspidium aculeatum var. corymbiferum. 



„ „ var. corymbiferum-cruciatuvi. 



,, angulare var. congesto-polydactylum. 



Mr. Garnett, Bowness, Windermere, for — 



Asplenium Filix-foemina var. setigerum-cristatum. 



* The author is not responsible for any names, except of those exhibited by 

 himself : some contain from thirty to forty letters, and are the reverse of euphonical. 



