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each of the thirteen Agricultural Parishes. These Districts to be 

 ballotted for by the President of the Society. 



9. That these local competitions shall be superintended by the 

 Members of the Society, resident in or connected with the District, 

 who are named by the Board of Management. 



10. That a sum of seventy-six pounds be allotted to each of these 13 

 Districts and that of this sum £60 be awarded in 20 premiums of £3 

 each leaving £16 towards the expense of judging. 



11. That one or more Judges may be appointed for each District. 



12. That crops for which premiums are awarded need not necessarily 

 have reached maturity, and premiums may be given for cultivations 

 in progress, providing these are, in the opinion of the Judges, suf- 

 ficiently advanced to admit of their being judged. 



13. That Judges shall consider the circumstances of each cultivation, 

 as well as the cultivation itself, including the implements used, fenc- 

 ing, draining, roads, &c. 



14. That during the month of July, 1896, these competitions be 

 advertised in each District, that all entries shall date from 1st August, 

 1896, although entries may be received up to the 1st October next, 

 when the lists shall be closed. 



15. That the judging shall take place within 15 months from 1st 

 August, 1896. 



16. That should 40 or more competitors enter in each District, 20 

 premiums of £3 each be awarded, but should not more than 30 enter, 

 15 premiums only be awarded, and if not more than 20 enter, that 

 10 premiums only be awarded, that should less than 20 competitors 

 enter that no premiums be awarded. 



17. That all intending competitors must give notice to the Secretary 

 of the Society, (or to the Superintending District Member named by 

 the Board of Management), of their intention to compete, and the 

 Secretary or Member shall furnish a Schedule of particulars to be 

 filled up by competitors, and returned to him for registration. 



For further information apply to 



George A. Douet, Secretary. 

 FERNS: SYNOPTICAL LIST— XXXVIII. 



Synoptical List, with descriptions, of the Ferns and Fern-Allies of Ja- 

 maica. By G. S. Jenman, Superintendent Botanical Garden, 

 Bemerara. 



38. Nephrodium calcareum, Jenm. — Eootstock stoutish, erect, the 

 crown scaly ; stipites csespitose ; erect, brown, dark at the base, which 

 is clothed with deciduous dark brown paleae, channelled, J-l ft. or 

 more 1. ; fronds erect, lanceolate or ovale-lanceolate, lj-to 2 ft. L, 6-8 

 in, w. pinnate or sub-bipinnatifid, dark green, chartaceous, rachis and 

 costse puberulous, other surfaces naked, equally reduced both ways ; 

 pinnae spreading, contiguous or apart, 3£-4| in. L \ in. w. more or 

 less, sessile and free at the base uniformly lobed on both sides, the 

 point f-1 in. 1 entire and bluntish, the lower ones more distant and 

 gradually reduced to J in. L the upper passing through lobes to the 

 bluntish quite entire point ; cut Jrd. or more of the depth to the 

 postse ; lobes 1J-2 li. w., hardly as deep, the lowest pair uniformly en- 



