HISTORY OP INTRODUCTION OP EXOTIC FERNS. 21 
into notice was that of Liverpool, under the Curator- 
ship of the late Mr. John Shepherd, more than thirty 
years ago ; and the collection there has lately been 
considerably augmented by Mr. Tyerman. At Bir- 
mingham, too, Mr. David Cameron in early times 
formed a good collection, which, however, has now 
given place to gaudy florist flowers. A good deal of 
attention is at the present time paid to Ferns at the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden by Mr. Peter Clarke ; and 
also by Dr. David Moore, Director of the Botanic 
Garden of the Royal Society of Dublin, at Glasnevin, 
who has likewise introduced several new species from 
Trinidad and New South Wales. The Royal Horti- 
cultural Society of London must be mentioned as 
having introduced Gibotium Schiedei, and one or two 
other Mexican species, received from their collector, 
Mr. Theodore Hartweg. 
Want of space precludes my particularizing the 
numerous private growers of the present day ; but 
I cannot altogether pass over one or two of the 
earlier ones who formed large collections of species, 
and did much to stimulate the taste for these plants. 
I more particularly allude to Mr. James Henderson 
and John Riley, Esq. Under the patronage of the 
Earls of Fitzwilliam, to whom he had long been 
gardener, Mr. Henderson has for upwards of thirty 
years been a zealous cultivator of Ferns, and has 
been very successful in raising them from spores, 
adding by that means a good number of species to 
our collections. One of the earliest amateurs dis- 
tinguished for his love of Ferns, was John Riley, 
Esq., of Papplewick, near Nottingham, who was also 
a successful raiser, and brought together a collection 
