THE 



BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. 3. MARCH, 1916. No. 27. 



CONTENTS. 



Editorial Notes 



page 

 49 



Our Frontispiece (L. thelypteris grandiceps) . . .. .. 51 



The Hartstongue Fern (conclusion) .. .. .. .. 53 



The Cranfield Collection. W. B. Cranfield .. .. 55 



Results of Fern Selection .. .. .. .. .. 58 



A Beautiful Fern Group. Rev. H. K. Moore . . . . 63 



The Cause of Variation . . .. .. .. .. 63 



Dwarf Ferns. W. B. Cranfield .. .. .. .. 67 



Oak and Beech Ferns : Origin of Names . . . . . . 68 



Chlorophyll .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Although we, unhappily, are not yet within definite 

 news of an end to the great struggle between the civilized 

 nations and those which were formally classed as such, 

 but by their actions have forfeited all claim to be so 

 regarded, we are happy to say that our little Society, as a 

 body, has not suffered to any appreciable degree by the 

 abnormal conditions thereby brought about. Not only 

 has there been no falling off of membership, but of late 

 there have been several additions thereto, while the Editor 

 has been greatly gratified by a number of appreciative 

 letters from his many fern-loving friends. The dead, or 

 rather dormant, season, now ended, has naturally afforded 

 little or no opportunity for reports of fresh acquisitions, but 

 Mr. Cranfield's contributions to this issue show clearly 

 that much can be done during the period of rest to improve 

 the conditions of growth, etc., in the coming active season. 

 As an interesting branch of natural study, it cannot be 

 contested that the cult of British Ferns is one which best 

 repays the student b3th as regards the possibility of new 



