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Polyp odium irioides Lam. f. bifida. Cultivated. 

 Poly podium vacillans Link /. bifida. Cultivated. 

 Poly podium Walkeri (Thwaites) f. bifida. Cultivated. 

 Acrostichum aureum L. /. cristata. Brazil. 



I beg American fern-lovers to hunt further for monstrosities 

 of this kind, to make them known in the Fern Bulletin, and also 

 to add information about the physical and climatic circumstances 

 of the localities. 



Bonn, Germany. 



NEW STATIONS FOR TWO RARE CONNECTICUT 

 FERNS. 



July 13, 1904. I found three small colonies of Pellaea gracilis 

 in the town of Salisbury. The fronds were beginning to show 

 the effects of hot weather, but I secured quite a few, both 

 sterile and fertile. The plants in each colony were growing in 

 the soil — not on the rocks, as I have seen them elsewhere. 



October 19, 1904, Asplenium montanum previously reported 

 from North Stouington and East Haddam (Bishop's Catalogue 

 of Connecticut Plants), was found on cliffs within half a mile 

 of the Massachusetts line. This moves its northern limit about 

 thirty miles further. 



October 22, 1904, other colonies of this fern, in very vigorous 

 condition, were found at a distance of about three miles from 

 the first station. — Orra Parker Plielps, Chaplnville, Conn. 



ASPLENIUM RUTA-MURARIA ON THE TOWERS OF 

 MILAN CATHEDRAL. 



While on a tour through Europe, last summer, I found the 

 Wall-rue on many dry walls, old roofs and steep cliffs. I found 

 it especially common in France, Switzerland and Italy. It is 

 often associated with Sempervivum teetotum L. But the greatest 

 surprise came when I found it flourishing in the crevices of one 

 of the towers of the famous Gothic cathedral at Milan, Italy. 

 As is well known, the whole exterior of this grand old Duomo, 

 including the roof, the ninety-eight pinnacles, the 2,000 statues as 



