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A. F.-f. Clarissima (Clara’s) (12). This Fern has achieved 
world-wide fame, having furnished material for the first dis- 
covery of a new method of reproduction in the Fern family, 
for the details of which we refer our botanical readers to 
our concluding pages, whither we have banished the subject 
on the score of its incorrigibly technical character. The 
variety is very beautiful, the subdivisions being extremely long 
and slender; the plant grows to a huge size for a Lady Fern, 
the fronds sometimes measuring 2ft. across, and long in pro- 
portion. It was a wild find in North Devon and remained 
unpropagated (except once by a division) for more than twenty 
years, its supposed spores yielding no results. Eventually it 
was found to reproduce itself under special treatment in a way 
hitherto quite unknown, the prothalli (see Appendix on 
“ Apospory ” ) springing direct from the fronds — being, in fact, 
produced instead of spores. 
A. F.-f. congestxmi (crowded). Syh. Crantise (Grant’s). 
A very dense-growing form, the pinnae and sub-divisions being all 
crowded together and overlapping. Yery distinct and constant. 
A. F.-f. cong. cristatiim (crested). Syn. Findlayaimm 
(Findlay’s). The same sport, but crested at tips of frond and 
pinnae. 
A. F.-f. cong, minus (lesser). Syh. Edwardsii (Edwards’). 
A very dwarf, compressed form, of more delicate texture than 
the last, and with curled and pointed divisions. A little gem. 
A. F.-f. corymbifernni (corymb-bearing), James. This has 
huge, ball-like masses of finely- divided cresting at top of fronds 
and pinnae; one of the boldest and handsomest crested forms. 
A. F.-f. crispnm (curled). A dwarf form, much branched 
and crested, somewhat in the style of acrocladon, but less dense ; 
it also spreads freely, and soon forms large tufts. Wild find. 
A. F.-f. cristatum (crested). There are many distinct 
forms which can only be described as crested, bearing more or less 
dense tassels at tips of fronds and pinnae. They are all beautiful. 
A. F.-f. Elworthii (Elworth’s). Crested throughout a la 
percristatum (J. S. Cousens), but with wider and flatter crests 
and coarser look. Wild find. 
A. F.-f. Fieldise (Field’s). Somewhat akin to Frizellice, but 
