THE FERN BULLETIN 



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A thy riu in Ulix-foeiiwia, Nephrodiwm Mix-mas, As- 

 plenium ruta-muraria, Asplenium adiantum-uigrum, 

 Adiantuin capUlus-veneris, and Asplenium trichomanes- 

 dentatiiin. To be sure we have hyphenated two of 

 these terms and pretend that this makes them one, but 

 we have no authority for so doing. Another instance 

 tending to show the way in which the name-tinkers 

 have played fast and loose with the names of plants is 

 found in that abomination Filix fragilis. This is not 

 the name of the plant as given by Linnaeus. He called 

 it Polypodium filix fragilis. ^Yhen the modern nom- 

 enclaturist attempted to foist Filix upon us are the 

 name of the genus he should have given us Filix filix 

 fragilis but even the most hardened name-tinkers 

 balked at this and we have Filix fragilis instead. 

 Nevertheless we recently had presented to us the 

 spectacle of the substitution of the three-word As- 

 plenium trichoiiiaiics-dciitatum for Asplenium den- 

 tatum. 



Sporting of Polypody. — Accompanying an at- 

 tractive set of finely cut specimens of the common 

 polypody comes an interesting note from Mr. Amedee 

 Hans of Locust Valley, N. Y., detailing how they 

 were produced. Mr. Hans has been experimenting 

 with the cut-leaved and other abnormal fronds for 

 some time. Two years ago, he sowed the spores of 

 the form known as Polypodium vulgare f. bifid 

 eristatum and as the young plants did not appear to 

 differ much from normal specimens about a hundred of 

 them were planted out in a piece of woods. As they 

 grew older, however, they began to take on more vari- 

 ation until now many of them are giving fronds that 

 are essentially another form named P. V. cornubiense 

 f. elegantissimum. Only a single plant, so far, has re- 



