THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION.— October 14,1856. IT \ 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
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OCTOBER 14—20, 1856. 
Weather near London in 
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/Egeria crabroniforniis. 
T.ithosa grammicus. 
Noctua exoleta. 
Noctua lambda. 
St. Duke. 
22 Sunday after Trinity. 
Noctua seladonia. 
29.502 — 29.448 
29.597—29.412 
29 . 733 — 29.703 
29.811—29705 
30.012—29.863 
30.052—30.015 
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Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during 
temperatures of these days are 58.3°, and 40.7°, respectively. The greatest heat, 
the 20th, in 1842. During the period 10(5 days were fine, and on 90 rain fell. 
the last twenty-eight years, the average highest and lowest 
76°, occurred on the 14th, in 1845 ; and the lowest cold, 22°, on 
LASTMi'A SPINjULO'SA. 
This is described by some botanists under the names 
of Aspidium spinulosum, Las Irani dentate,i var. linearis, 
L. spinosa, Lophodium spinosum, Polypodium cristatum, 
P. filix-fcemina var. spinosa , P. dentatum, P. spinosum, 
and P. spinulosum, and Pofystichum spinosum. In 
English it is called the Narrow Prickly toothed Fern, 
Prickly Shield Fern, Lesser Crested Polypody, and 
Prickly-toothed Shield Fern. 
This species has been confounded with a variety of 
Last ran d'dutatg by Sir J. E. Smith and others, 
Root rather creeping, and although spreading slowly, ! 
yet in old plants it reaches to a distance, and sends up 
numerous tufts of fronds. Fronds a delicate light green, 
varying from one to three feet high, very slightly lean¬ 
ing, having a long triangular general outline, and 
perfectly flat. The stem whitish, with a few black dots, 
through half its length without leaflets, and this un- 
lcafleted part is beset with thin, semi-transparent, pale 
brown, oval scales, slightly pointed. Leaflets not ! 
crowded ; leafits numerously and deeply cut, spear-head 1 
shaped, all deeply toothed, each tooth endrfig in a sharp 
booked point, and a branch of a lateral vein passing 
into each tooth. The lower leafits on each leaflet are | 
often larger than their corresponding upper leafits. j 
Fructification on the first inner branch of each lateral j 
vein, forming a row of circular masses on each side the 1 
mid-vein. The masses are small; the cover of each 
flat, kidney-shaped, slightly waved on the edge, but 
never fringed with glands. In exposed situations the 
masses sometimes run together. The fructification is 
generally, but not always, upon the upper leaflets of the 
fronds only. 
It is found in marshy places, moist wooded ground, 
and wet hedgerows. 
In England it has been found in the Isle of Man ; 
near Iugleborough, Pottery Car at Doncaster, and 
Richmond, in Yorkshire; Woolston Moss, in Lancashire ; 
Newchtirch Bog, in Cheshire; Titterstone Clee Hills, : 
and Bomere Pool, in Shropshire; in Warwickshire; in j 
Derbyshire; Dallington Heath, near Northampton; in : 
Norfolk; near the Windmill and the Spring-well on j 
Wimbledon Common ; in Sussex; at Tunbridge, in j 
Kent; near Torquay, and in a wood near Dunsford j 
Bridge, in Devonshire. 
In Scotland at Brahan Castle, near Dingwall. We 
are not sure about other localities where it has been 
said to be found. 
Mr. Reeve observes to us, that although the Last ran • 
spinulusa may, at first sight, be mistaken for L. dilatgta, 
yet, when each of them is cultivated in one collection, : 
there will be found a marked difference. Neither of the , 
species should be abseut from a collection, for although j 
a similarity exists, both the distinctness and beauty of j 
each will be very apparent when growing near to each : 
other. 
This is a very fine and erect-growing species, and 
remarkably well adapted for the moist parts oi the 
Fernery, roclury, or shady parts of the shrubbery, and, 
from its bold, free habit, should bo largely cultivated- . 
Nn. CCOCXX. Vol. XVI f. 
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