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but is really bipinnatifid from the rachis being -winged. It may be compared with 

 T. scandens. 



Thichomanes elobibundijm.— Messrs. Backhouse & Son [C. and B.].— A fine pinnate 

 species, not, however, shown in a mature or fructified state. Its fronds bear a few broadish 

 ribbon- shaped pinna?, which, when perfect, are crowded along the margin by the fruit-cups, 

 from which long hair-like receptacles project. 



Tkichomakes Kaulpussii.— Messrs. Backhouse & Son [S.C.C. and S.B.].— An erect- 

 habited tall Fern, in which the fronds -were pinnatifid with -winged rachides and oblong undu- 

 lately-toothed lobes. 



Thichomanes scandens.— Messrs. Backhouse & Son, York [F.C.C. and S.K.].— A 

 beautiful drooping-fronded West-Indian Pern, with remarkably elegant, finely-cut, tripin- 

 natifid broad fronds, the divisions of which were much drawn out or attenuated. 



Woodsia polystichoides Veitchii.— Mr. Standish [S.C.C. and S.B.] — A dwarf-tufted 

 Japanese Fern with a greyish aspect, the fronds being densely clothed with whitish hair- 

 scales. _ They are long, narrow, pinnate, with simple falcate subauriculate pinnaa. This is 

 very distinct from all the other Woodsias known in cultivation. 



REVIEW. 



The Gooseberry-Grower's Register : or an Account of the Different Gooseberry Shows Held in 



Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Other Parts 



of the Kingdom, and the United States of America, for the Year 1863. 



The <* Gooseberry-Grower's Register " boasts of an antiquity which it would puzzle 

 the most inveterate of Dryasdusts to discover. Ever since we can remember, and possibly 

 as long as any of our grandfathers could, this most remarkable of Annuals has made its 

 appearance in the autumn of each succeeding year with a regularity of which more pretentious 

 publications may justly be proud. What was its beginning or wherever will be its ending 

 Aye believe there is no man living can tell. This is by far the queerest book in garden 

 literature. Its tall quaint look, its unique title-page on which is delineated a representation 

 of the "heaviest berry" of the season, its thoroughly business-like and unmistakeable contents, 

 must be seen to be judged of. One of these characteristics only can we convey to our 

 readers, and that we shall endeavour to do by a few extracts. 



We must state first of all that this is a sort of "Racing Calendar" among the Goose- 

 berry Fancy. Every berry that has been exhibited at every Show throughout the midlands 

 of England, together with the name of the exhibitor and the weight of the berry, are recorded 

 in a tabular form. The wholesome way in which these shows are managed may be gathered 

 from the following intimation on the back of the title-page : — : 



" Notice is hereby given, that no shows will be published in the Register where the 

 undermentioned persons exhibit until they have paid up their following defalcations: — 

 Daniel Bloobe, defaulter to the Cross Keys Show, Hanley, Staffordshire, 1862. William 

 Hobson, of Pear Croft, Sheffield, defaulter to the publisher for thirty bound Registers, 

 supplied September 27th, 1861." Yery good and very wholesome. 



Towards the end of the book there is some excellent information on seedling Goose- 

 berries exhibited at the shows and on seedlings " going out," which we shall here transcribe : — ■ 



" George Bratherton's Red Seedling, Foreman, — 29 dwts. 12 grns. Colour dark red, 

 with purplish-tinted veins, a very long three- veined, well-formed berry, with a few spines. 

 Two large berries and a pair of Twins — 45 dwts. 15 grns. — were exhibited of this most pro- 

 mising variety. Distinct. 



" Thomas Pilkington's Red Seedling, Farmer— 24 dwts. 4 grns. Previously described. 



" Joseph Leicester's Red Seedling, Smoker — 22 dwts. Colour dark purplish-red, very 

 rough, a long good-shaped three-veined berry. Distinct. 



"Joseph Bayley's Red Seedling, Makeroom— 22 dwts. 7 grns. Colour and form of 

 Wonderful, but rough. Distinct. 



" William Jones's Red Seedling, Maccaroni — 21 dwts. 22 grns. A fine-formed dark 

 rough red. Distinct; 



" George Wilkinson's Red Seedling, Registrar — 20 dwts. 21 grns. Previously described. 



"Joseph Walton's Yellow Seedling, Garibaldi — 22 dwts. 19 grns. Previously described. 



" Edward Eardley's Yellow Seedling, Hannah — 22 dwts. 5 grns. A fine-formed three- 

 veined berry, similar in colour to Leader, and smooth, wdth broad light yellow veins, and 

 fine supple rind, very promising and distinct. 



"George Wilkinson's Yellow Seedling, Oyster Girl — 22 dwts. 2 grns. Previously 

 described. 



"David Chippindale's Yellow Seedling, Ringer — 21 dwts. 15 grns. A long, smooth, 

 dark muddled, yellow berry. Very promising and distinct. 



