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Spore-cases not valvate ( continued ) — 
Ring horizontally or obliquely transverse, complete; 
spore-cases sessile or subsessile, bursting ver¬ 
tically— 
Ring zonal; spore-cases vertically compressed— 
Sori dorsal (fronds rigid) .... Gleichenine2E. 
Sori extrorse-marginal (fronds pellucid) . . Trichomanineje. 
Ring apical; spore-cases oval, crowned by the 
convergent striae of the ring, i. e., radiate- 
striate at the apex, sometimes resupinate . Schizjeine,®. 
Ring rudimentary or more or less incomplete, very 
broad, flat, obliquely-vertical: spore-cases ses¬ 
sile, globose ....... Ceratopteridineje 
Spore-cases two-valved (ring rudimentary transverse) Osmundine^e. 
The accompanying figures, which represent the various kinds of spore- 
cases above referred to, will assist in making the foregoing remarks more 
intelligible. Those who desire to understand Perns, should thoroughly 
master this important part of the subject, for which a good magnifier 
is indispensable. Abundant materials are now everywhere accessible. 
Chelsea. Thomas Moore. 
A FEW MORE WORDS ON AURICULAS. 
Mr paper on Auriculas, in the “ Chronicles of a Small Garden,” has 
brought upon me many correspondents, who, as is their wont, ply me 
with questions on some points omitted, or dispute my mode of treat¬ 
ment ; for instance, there is my friend “ 0.,” whose stages have, I 
have no doubt, been ere this copied by many a grower, who finds fault 
with me for saying that the mould ought to be shaken off in the 
repotting, and actually signs a letter to me as “ Anti Shake-outhe 
argues that you want the plants to make good root growth, and get to 
bloom well, and that you cannot expect them to do both with such 
rough treatment; and in corroboration of his ideas brings forward my 
good friend Mr. Lightbody, of Falkirk, on his side. Now I would not 
lightly venture to dispute such an authority; his plants are certainly 
very fine, but I must here differ with him. It is true that you do 
want plenty of growth, but I think that you may also reasonably 
expect that you would have a large autumn bloom, a most undesirable 
thing. What Mr. L.’s experience is on this point I know not, but it 
was somewhat with a grin of maliciousness that I read, in “ O.’s ” 
letter that his plants were looking very well, but too much of autumn 
blooming. Of course it wasn’t the non-shaking out. Oh, no ! Still 
I have shrewd suspicions on the point; at any rate, mine is, I believe, 
the plan of the emperor of all Auricula growers, Dr. Plant, and when 
my friend can show me Booth’s Freedom with eleven pips, why, I’ll 
think of altering. 
“ What about greenfly ? ” one wants to know. The usual remedy for 
this is fumigation; but it is, I think, questionable whether it ought to 
be employed for Auriculas. Sometimes I have done it, though very 
carefully ; but I think the better plan is to take off the insects with a 
camel’s hair brush. It is, perhaps, tedious, but a grower of Auriculas 
