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EXPERIMENT NO. XXXV. 



Polypodium vulgare. A mixture of the spores of varieties 

 Forsteri, bifido-cristatum, trichomanoides, marginatum, ramosum, 

 omnilacerum, semilacerum, brachiatum, and Saltii (caudate) was 

 sown on September 20, 1893. The seedlings are showing 

 character, and there is evidence of multiple parentage and great 

 variety of form. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XXXVI. 



N ephrodium m-ontanum,. Spores of the following varieties 

 were sown together on October 20, 1893, viz., a crested, a 

 linear, a crisp, and a depauperate form. As yet they are in 

 the prothalloid state. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XXXVII. 



Asplenium marinum. Five varieties were sown together 

 on October 21, 1893, and the seedlings are now showing very 

 varied fronds. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XXXVIII. 

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Aspidium angulare. On September 21, 1893, lineaium, 

 flabeUifolium. (seldom fertile), revolvens, and toeda, with hybridum, 

 were mixed and sown. The seedlings are yet small. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XXXIX. 



Asplenium Filix-foem-ina. A mixture of the following 

 varieties was sown on September 21, 1893 — Victorice, aba- 

 silobum., reflexum,, a crested VernoncB, and deficiens. The plants 

 are as yet quite small. 



EXPERIMENT NO. XL. 



Scolopendrium vulgare. A mixture of the spores of a 

 capitate, a muricate, a crispum, a variegated crispum, a 

 projectum, a pinnate, and a variegated branched form was 



