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"pellucidum" section of Polystichum angulave, a very 

 beautiful one of somewhat doubtful origin. It is very 

 finely dissected with semi-translucent sub-divisions, 

 whence the name, and is so delicate as to require almost 

 filmy-fern treatment, at any rate in the young stage, which 

 none of them so far has surpassed. They are, however, 

 of so extremely promising a character that Mr. Cranfield's 

 special care is fairly certain to be handsomely rewarded in 

 course of time by worthy additions to the elite. This 

 section originated in Mr. H. Stansfield's collection, but a 

 young plant also quite unaccountably made its appearance in 

 Mr. Druery's as a stray sporeling. On our way to these 

 several collections we find innumerable specimens, large 

 and small, of good varieties dotted about or grouped 

 wherever the conditions are favourable, but these are 

 practically all duplicates or multiples of varieties more 

 formally represented in the collections proper. 



It is clear from what we have stated that space does not 

 permit of more than a general reference to and indication 

 of the scope of the collection, and a long article would 

 require to be devoted to each bay or frame, and a much 

 longer one to the "spinney walk," as we will christen the 

 woodland one. We must, however, allude to one of the 

 most interesting features of this collection, though it has 

 already been touched upon in the " Gazette." This is the 

 fact that a very large number of the ferns we see are 

 practically " resurrections " of the once noted Moly 

 collection which Mr. Cranfield fortunately purchased 

 just before Mr. Moly's death. This collection was so old 

 and had been for years so neglected that the great majority 

 of the plants were moribund and practically dead. They 

 were, however, transported in sacks and other receptacles 

 to Enfield, and in the light of the writer's experience were 

 surgically treated by drastic removal of all the dead 

 matter, so as to give every particle of remaining central 



