THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. 3. 



SEPTEMBER, 1915. 



No. 25. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Editorial Notes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 



Our Frontispiece (P. dryopteris plumosum) . . . . . . 3 



Tin: August Meeting, Report and Balance Sheet .. 5 



P. VULG. VAR. CORNUBIENSE .. .. .. .. .. 6 



Mr. W. B. Cranfield's Collection .. .. .. .. 10 



Fragrance of Polypodium Calcareum .. .. .. 15 



A Surgical Birth and its Sequel .. .. .. .. 16 



Variation: Its Starting-Point .. .. .. .. 18 



Lastrea filix mas, Three Species of (G. B. Wollaston's 



Paper and Chart) 20 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



As our members will have been apprised by special 

 notice, it has been considered by the Committee that it 

 would be advisable to defer the proposed visit to South 

 Wales until next year ; the war, as in many other cases, 

 reducing the chances of a successful meeting to a minimum. 

 The health of the Hon. Secretary has also been such as 

 to preclude the suggested previous journey to fix the 

 locality and determine the arrangements. Under these 

 circumstances the Committee framed the necessary resolu- 

 :ions for the transaction of the formal business of the 

 Society, which are set forth in connection with the Report 



nd Balance Sheet which are given elsewhere. 

 It will be seen therefrom that, despite the drawbacks 



/hich the present terrible war presents to the normal 

 course of peaceful pursuits, our little Society still maintains 

 its position, which is extremely gratifying to the Editor, 

 though he feels compelled to make his customary appeal 



