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tion and anxiety were devoted to her, and on her subsequent 

 death he was too depressed to take that ardent interest in 

 Ferns, the pursuit of which previously had been one of the 

 greatest pleasures of his life. In 1891 Mr. Mapplebeck left 

 Hartfield, Moseley, near Birmingham, for his present residence, 

 Bronddwynant, near Dolgelly, North Wales, taking with him 

 his best Ferns, and distributing vast numbers of others among 

 his friends. In 1892 he married again; but his second wife 

 died June 23, 1893, and his son was born on that day. It 

 is a singular coincidence that he also was born on June 23. 

 There are two daughters by his first wife. Mr. Mapplebeck 

 has still a large collection of Ferns, but not such an extensive 

 one as formerly. 



Among the best of Mr. Mapplebeck's wild-finds are 

 Aspleniuni Filix-fcemina var. caudiculatum, and robusto-multi- 

 fidum (Moore), cristato-congestum, Mapplebeckii (Lowe), Nephro- 

 dium paleaceum var. Mapplebeckii (Lowe), Lomaria Spicant vax. 

 ramoso-marginata, and Aspidium angulare vars. acrocladon, 

 quadratum-reflexum, folioso-filipes, and pulcherrimum (the latter 

 found by him close to Mr. Moly's house near Charmouth). 



From the large number of varieties that have been raised 

 by Mr. Mapplebeck, the author can only quote the very best, 



viz : — 



Fteris aquilina vars. — 



grandiceps glomerato-cristata 



Hartfieldii „ grandiceps 



ramo-cristata grandiceps- Mapplebeckii 



Asplenium Filix-fosmina vars. — 



achillcefolium eulophon GilsonicB-furcans 



caput-Medusm Elizabethm paucidentatum 



cephalomanes fiabelliceps pulchello-plumosum 



ceratophyllum flabellato-grandiceps Quilteri 



ceratophylloides flabellifolium-tenue ramulosissimum 



comicum flexile spicatum 



Craigii-glomeratum fceniculatum-dispar torto-cristatum 

 defecto-sectum Gilsonice-flabellafum 



