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BRITISH FERNS 



F. cristata. — A beautifully congested and crested form, raised 

 by Mr. T. Bolton, of Warton, near Carnforth. 



Grandiceps. — Found by Mr. Wearing on Warton Crag, near 

 Carnforth; a splendid robust, ramo-cristate variety, with heavy 

 heads ; forms a dense bush. 



G. Dadds. — A heavier crested form, raised from polydactyla 

 Dadds. 



G. Padley. — Somewhat on similar lines. 



Fig. 165. L.f. m. Jervisii (frond tip). Fig. 166. Z. /. m. Jervisii (pinna). 



Jervisii (Figs. 165, 166).— Found in Staffordshire by Mr. Swyn- 

 fen Jervis ; a robust, tasselled form, but unfortunately handi- 

 capped by persistent partial depauperation ; short and ragged 

 subdivisions. 



Linearis. — Pinnules very narrow and depauperate as found, but 

 some better forms have been raised ; very hard in texture, crispy 

 in make, and well worth growing. 



