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BRITISH FERN GAZETTE. 



Vol. 3. 



SEPTEMBER, 1916. 



No. 29. 



CONTENTS. 



Editorial Notes 



The August Meeting. Report and Balance Sheet 



Our Frontispiece (Blechnum s. v. revolvens) 



British Ferns at Acton (continued) 



Lastrea Dilatata and its Allies (Dr. Stansfield) 



Fern Structure (continued) 



Fern Hunting (continued) 



A Delightful Hour 



The late Mr. T. H. Eley's Collection 



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EDITORIAL NOTES, 



As announced in our June issue, in view of the 

 continuance of the war, it was impracticable for our 

 Annual Meeting to be held in conjunction with an outing as 

 usual, and we now know that an additional obstacle has 

 intervened in the shape of a postponement of the August 

 Bank Holiday itself. We therefore give elsewhere the 

 particulars of what has been done to fulfil the necessary 

 business of such meetings, and to advise the members of 

 the present position of the Society. Outside this we have 

 nothing special to report, and can only express the heartfelt 

 hope that, prior to another anniversary of our meeting, the 

 war will be terminated and a Peace established on such a 

 basis as will secure its permanence and satisfy both our- 

 selves and our gallant Allies by involving that retribution 

 which the German'nation so richly merits by its submission 

 to and support of, its vainglorious, presumptuous and 

 aUogether unscrupulous rulers. 



As usual, we cordially invite members to contribute to 



