BRITISH FERNS. 
21 
3s. 6d. to 
5 0 
3 6 
No. s. d. 
Scolopendrium Smith. 
539 Tulgare sagittato-polycuspis M. — fronds 12 to 18 inches long and 1 to 2 
inches wide, rather drooping, sagitate at the base; branching towards 
the apex and ending in a multiplicity of pointed lobes. A truly magni- 
ficent variety which ought to be absent from no collection 3s. 6d. to 10 6 
540 — sagittato-projectum M. 5s. to 10 6 
541 — sagittifolium W. 5 0 
542 — scabrum 7 6 
543 — scalpturatum M.... 
544 — sinuatum W. 
545 — subcornutum M . — fronds erect, 6 to 9 inches long, narrow, more or 
less branching, often terminating in a blunt, rounded head, on the 
under side of which is sometimes a horned point ; sides of fronds 
crenately lobed, slightly waved, texture leathery, colour rich dark 
green. A very distinct and beautiful form 2s. 6d. to 5 0 
246 — submarginatum IV. 2s. 6d. to 5 o 
547 — submarginato-dentatum M. 5 0 
548 multifidum M. 5 0 
549 — subpinnatum M. 5 0 
550 — supralineatum M. 2s. 6d. to 5 0 
651 angustum Stansf. 7 6 
552 undosum Stansf. 5 0 
553 — supralineato-constrictum M . — fronds almost erect, 12 to 18 inches 
long, cordate at the base, of the usual width for two-thirds their 
length, then suddenly contracting to from ^ to \ an inch, and so 
continuing to the end, the contracted portion being markedly 
supralineate. Constant from spores : a most wonderful sport 2s. 6d. to 
5 
0 
554 
— supralineato-lobatum M. 
... 
...3s. 6d. to 
6 
0 
555 
resectum M. 
... ... ... 
5 
0 
556 
turgidum M. 
5 
0 
557 
— suprasorifero-dichotomum M. 
...7s. 6d. to 
10 
6 
558 
— transverso-lobatum M. 
3 
6 
559 
— turgidum W. 

2 
6 
560 
— uncinatum M. 
...3s. 6d. to 
5 
0 
561 
— undulatum M. 
• • • 
2 
6 
562 
— undulato-lobatum M. 
. • • 
3 
6 
563 
multifidum 
... 
5 
0 
564 
projectum M. 
... 
... 5s. to 
7 
6 
565 
— variabile W. 
...2s. 6d. to 
3 
6 
566 
— variegatum M. 
5 
0 
567 
— viviparum W. 
5 
0 
568 
— vivo-polyschides Clapli 
2 
0 
569 
marginatum Claph 
... 

5 
0 
570 
— Wardii Claph 
...2s. 6d. to 
5 
0 
Grown in the shade and given abundance of moisture , the Scolo- 
pendrium vulgare is one of the most beautiful of evergreens. When 
an attempt to cultivate it has failed , it has generally been through 
neglect to give the plants the necessary amount of water. Most 
variable of all ferns, its named forms or varieties are now counted 
by hundreds. Some of them exhibit the strangest anomalies to be 
found in the whole vegetable world. But the great marvel is that 
these singular freaks of nature should be repeated when the plants 
awe reproduced from spores , as happens in so many cases even to the 
minutest detail. Among British ferns , truly this protean species , 
in its manifold and almost countless variations , is in itself a study. 
Plant in sandy loam, in a moist, shady, sheltered nook. Tenderer 
subjects may be planted in a compost of loam, fibrous peat and silver- 
sand. In either case a small quantity of well-decayed leaf-mould 
may be added. And in all cases the plant is benefited by bits of 
