lxXXVi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



' 1 Flowering Fern," owing to the upper portions of the fronds 

 becoming transformed into spore-bearing panicles, was represented 

 by a few plants, as was also its peculiar crested variety (fig. 65). 



Besides the Ferns proper there were several examples of 

 Selaginella, a genus of " Club-mosses," remarkable for their flat 

 feathery branches. The most noticeable were S. amcena, a 

 pretty upright-growing variety ; S. ccesia, creeping, with a 

 metallic bluish tinge suffusing the fron diets ; the compact bushy 

 onolliceps ; and the charming i^erelegans, which has dull green 

 foliage and reddish stems. 



Fig. 65. — Osmunda kegalis ckistata. 



Mr. H. B. May, Upper Edmonton, also exhibited a large 

 number of beautiful Ferns and Selaginellas, including many of 

 the varieties noted above, and these were tastefully interspersed 

 with such beautiful stove plants as Pandanus, Caladiums, Palms, 

 Phyllanthus (Xylophylla) falcatus, numerous Crotons and 

 Aralias, the variegated Pine Apple, &c. 



Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, showed for 

 the first time the new Pteris tremula Smithiana, which bids fair 

 to become popular with all Fern-lovers. 



Begonias. 



These popular flowers formed a very dazzling display and 

 were shown in large numbers, occupying an area of about 120 



