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Lieut. Walter Stansfield, R.A.M.C, of Sale, who has 

 recently gone to the front, is the only son of our contributor 

 Mr. H. Stansfield. Doubtless we elders, who are compelled 

 to stay behind, are all doing something, directly or indirectly, 

 to support the cause of honour and good faith. 



We are indebted to our member Mr. T. Brown, J. P., of 

 Belfast, for a cutting from the Belfast Newsletter announ- 

 cing the death, in her 95th year of Mrs. Frisell,of Belfast, 

 formerly of Castle Kevin, Co. Wicklow. This lady was 

 the first finder of Athyrium f.f. Frisellice in 1857, which 

 event she survived for 60 years, thus probably creating a 

 record in longevity in the history of fern-hanting. We 

 hope this record may be surpassed by some of our present 

 members, several of whom are already octogenarians and 

 still hale and hearty. Fern hunting has been called ' ' an 

 old man's hobby," but there is no reason why we should 

 not, at all events, begin young. Some of us did. 



OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



POLYSTICHTJM ANGTJLAKE LINEARE " HIRONDELLE " (Wills). 



This fern, found by Mr. Moly, was considered by him to 

 be one of his greatest prizes. So much did he think of it 

 that he would never part with a plant until he disposed of 

 his whole collection to Mr. Cranfield shortly before his 

 death. We are indebted therefore to Mr. Cranfield for the 

 rescue of this beautiful thing, with many others, from 

 extinction and oblivion. It is certainly by far the most 

 refined form among the numerous finds of the linear e type. 

 Like many other highly finished varieties, however, it will 

 only give its best development when in good health and in 

 full maturity. Young plants, especially seedlings, pass 



