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segments, quite barren, therefore it can only be propagated by 
rhizomes. The stipes are 3 to 4 inches long. The finest specimen 
in Cornwall, and perhaps in England, was shown at the Penzance 
Exhibition, grown by Mr. George Maddern, gardener to E. Bolitho, 
Esq., Trewidden, which measured quite 3 feet in diameter. It is 
of drooping habit, and if grown in a pan will soon cover it all 
round. The specimen from which the accompanying engraving 
was prepared was given me by Mr. J. G. Mitchinson, and Mr. 
F. W. Burbidge was kind enough to make a sketch of it. 
Another very desirable variety is A. Capillus-Veneris var. mag- 
nificum (Lee). The fronds of this useful and attractive Fern 
are much larger than those of the species, being from 12 to 
15 inches long by 4 inches broad, and, like those of cornubiense, 
are gracefully curved ; but the pinnules are net so deeply cut, as 
Pig. 75.—ADLANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS VAR. CORNUBIENSE. 
can be seen by fig. c. Another well-known form is A. C.-V. var. 
daphnites. This differs in a very remarkable degree from all other 
varieties ; the pinnules of each of the branches are confluent 
(united), and the apex of the rachis dilated, spreading out the 
pinnules into a crest-like crispy mass. The stipes are ebony- 
coloured. It is not very unlike Adiantum Luddemanianum. 
A. Capillus-Veneris var. minus is a very pretty form. The pin¬ 
nules are not larger than the species but much prettier, measuring 
sometimes 18 inches from the bottom of the stipe to the apex of 
the frond. The sori are brownish, sometimes two but usually 
three on a pinnule. There are two more varieties—namely, 
A. C.-V. var. undulatum and A. C.-V. var. incisum, both of which 
I am unacquainted with.— William Boberts, Penzance. 
Lifting Unripe Potatoes. — I am much obliged to Mr. 
Luckhurst for replying to my notes on this subject. 1 did not, 
