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at all reached the stage that it has in Europe. Britton 
has gotten together a capital collection at the Bronx 
Park for the time he has been at it, and it is hoped that 
his unfortunate predilec- 
tion for species making, 
and the resurrection of 
obscure names, will not 
invalidate its usefulness. 
Florists largel}^ grow the 
kinds most useful for 
table and other decor- 
ations, and ladies gather 
together a few native 
kinds from the wood- 
lands into their gardens. 
It would be easy for 
private gardeners to 
maintain excellent out- 
door ferneries during 
s u m m e r, beneath the 
shade of the lighter 
deciduous and evergreen 
conifers, were it not that 
private glass gardening 
has largely degenerated 
into growing market 
stuff. 
Hundreds of sub- 
tropical forms could be 
planted out or plunged 
in such positions among 
a ground-work of hardy 
kinds, and I would be 
glad to give a list of 
many such as are in and 
out of cultivation, to- 
gether with some of their 
native countries, but fear 
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I will therefore close this series of papers with the 
Tribes and Genera of the “Synopsis Filicum” give a 
fev/ illustrations of divers habits, and wonder how 
many have realized that these 48 groups are a fair repre- 
sentation of the sub-tropical and hardy part of the vege- 
table kingdom ; a catalogue for the plans given in 
Park and Cemetery ; and that many singly or all 
combined, may easily be arranged in an orthodox orna- 
mental way, but without the hotch-potch of confusion, 
or the segregated dead-and-alive spottiness of the 
herbaceous ground. 
Gieicheniese includes Platyzoma, and Gleichenia. 
Cyatheae: Thrysopteris, Cyathea, Hemitclia, Also- 
phila, Diacalpe, and Matonia. 
Dicksoniese : Onoclea, Hypoderris, Woodsia, Sphae- 
roptcris, Dicksonia, and Deparia (Add. Lecanopteris.) 
Hymenophylleas : Lo.rsoina, Hymcnophyllum, 
Trichoniancs. 
DavalliejE : Davallia, and Cystoptcns. 
Lindsayeae : Lindsaya,- Dictyoxipinm. 
Pterideas : Adiaiifuiii, Ochroptcris, Lonchitcs, Hypo- 
Icpis, Chcilanthes, Cassebcera, Otiychium, Llavca, 
Cryptograinmc, PcU(ra, .Ptcris, Ccratopteris, and 
Lomaf'ia. 
Blechneae : Blcclinnm, Sadleria, Woodwardia, and 
Doodia. 
Asplenieae : Asplcninm, AUantodia, and Actinioptcris. 
Scolopendrieae : Scolopcndriinn. 
Aspideae : Didymochlccmi, Aspidinin, Ncphrodinni, 
Ncpholcpis, Olcaiidra, and Favdycnia. 
Polypodie^E : Poly podium, 
Giammitideas : Janiesonia, Nothochlaua, Mono- 
gramme, Gymnogrammc, Brainca, Mcniscium, Antro- 
pliynm, Vittaria, Tcenitcs, Drymoglossum, and Hemi- 
onites. 
Acrosticheas : Acrostichum and Plafyccrimn. 
Osmundeae : Osmnnda and Todea. 
Schizeae : Schicca, Anemia, Mohria, (not of Brit- 
ton), Trochopteris, and Lygodium. 
Marattieae : Angiopteris, Marattia, Danca, and Kaul- 
fitssia. 
Ophioglosseae : Op/iioglossum, Pbclminthostachvs, 
and Botrychyum. 
James MacPherson. 
THE END. 
SPIR^A REEVESIANA VAR. FLORE PLENO. 
This Spiraea in a Southern Alabama garden is too 
tender to be grown in the North, but is one of the most 
attractive early-flowering Spring shrubs in the South 
where it makes a growth corresponding in size and in 
general appearance to Spiraea \'"an Houttei. This spe- 
cimen was in its prime during the last week in March 
this year, but Spring came late this year in the South. 
F. C. S. 
SPIRAEA REEVESIANA VAR. FLORE PLENO. 
