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lanceolate-oblong, broad at tbe base, somewhat narrowed near the 
apex, which is multifidly-forked, forming a terminal tassel of 
finely divided segments ; the pinnules linear-oblong, obtuse, about 
an inch long, divided into several obovate decurrent segments; 
the rachis densely hairy, and the apex of the frond cristate-multifid. 
This will be a very useful ornamental evergreen Eern, being free 
in growth and graceful in habit. The spreading or arching fronds 
are of herbaceous texture, and the drooping tassels which hang 
from the apex of the frond itself, and from the ends of all the pinnae, 
give it a very pleasing contour, so that it is well 'adapted both for 
pot culture and also for suspending overhead in baskets. It is, 
moreover, one of those Eerns which can be grown rapidly into an 
effective size. 
Other recent introductions which bear out the same idea of 
insular variation occur in the genus Nephrolepis , of which N. daval - 
lioides furcans (more intimate acquaintance with which rather indi¬ 
cates its being a variety of JST. exaltata than N. davallioides, to 
which it was at first referred), which has forked pinnse, is from 
the South Sea Islands; and N. Duffii, which has the pinnse dwarfed 
and developed in pairs, is from the Duke of York’s Island. 
XVI, Report on Eilberts Grown in the Royal Horticultural 
Society’s Garden, Chiswick. By A. E. Barroh. 
Eilrerts have generally been divided into two Classes, viz. : — 
1. Filberts.— Long-bearded— i.e., having the husks longer 
than the nuts. 
2. Nuts.— -Short-bearded— i.e. 9 having the husks shorter 
than the nuts. These distinctions , however , cannot be maintained. 
Popularly they are pretty correctly classed as follow :— 
1. Eilberts. —Varieties of oblong shape like that of the 
finger nails, and generally remaining in the husks :— 
Bond; Barrs' Espagnole ; Barcelone de Loddiges ; Cosford; A 
Grappes; A Grappes precoce ; Frizzled; Lambert's Har ting ton Pro¬ 
lific ; Lichtenstein's Zellernuss; Siegel's Zellernuss ; Red Filbert; 
White Filbert. 
2. Cobs. —Varieties of short broad shape like that of the 
