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his Osmunda-looking variety, his prominent-veined, and his 

 lax form. The plants are now growing rapidly, and will 

 soon show their permanent characters. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XXX. 



Asplenium Ceterach. A mixture of the varieties ramoso- 

 cristatum, kalon, lineare, and aureum was sown on October 

 lo, 1892, and the seedlings are beginning to show remarkable 

 peculiarities. A repetition of this experiment was made in 

 November 1893, but the seedlings are as yet only emerging 

 from the prothalloid condition. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XXXI. 



Scolopendrium vulgare. Four varieties were sown together 

 in November 1892, viz., marginatum, erosum., Mrs. Grant's 

 form of crispum, and Mr. Fox's fimbriatum,. The seedlings 

 are as yet small. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XXXII. 



Osmunda regalis. This mixture, which consisted of the spores 

 of grandiceps, revolvens, tnterruptum, and the exotic species 

 gracile and spectabile, was sown on August 7, 1893, ^^^ 'he 

 seedlings are now producing frondlets. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XXXIII. 



Scolopendrium. vulgare. Ten distinct varieties were sown 

 together on August 31, 1893. The seedlings are as yet in 

 the prothalloid condition. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XXXIV. 



Lom,aria Spicant. Spores of Aireyi-serratum were mixed 

 with those of a crested and of a capitate variety, and sown on 

 September 20, 1893. -^s yet the seedlings are in the pro- 

 thalloid state. 



