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sterile pinme are oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 3 
inches long, unequally crenate, the lower ones 
with the superior base subtruncate or very 
slightly rounded, the upper ones with the base 
acute. The fertile pinnae are usually shorter, 
with the little spikelets of fructification pro¬ 
jecting from the marginal teeth. The veins, 
which are prominent on both surfaces, anasto¬ 
mose in about two series of elongate oblique 
hexagonoid areoles. 
The garden name of Lygodium Fulcheri, 
under -which the plant was exhibited at South 
Kensington, was given to it provisionally in 
Mr. Green’s garden in compliment to Mr. 
Fulcher, by whom it was brought from Sydney 
in 1879—then but a tiny plant, which has 
since made good progress. Mr. Kettle, who 
deserves our warmest thanks for developing 
this new beauty, informs us that the imported 
plant made a good growth in 1880, but that 
he unfortunately used it for indoor decoration 
before the fronds were matured, which greatly 
damaged its appearance. It, however, made 
a good growth in 1881, and promises to do 
equally well in the present spring. It was 
grown in -what may be termed a warm green¬ 
house—a small house used for the cultivation 
of Maidenhair Ferns. The soil in which it was 
potted consisted of loam and peat in equal 
parts. The plant exhibited received otherwise 
no special treatment. — T. Moore. 
SCARLET-EDGED PICOTEES, &c. 
XCEPT in the scarlet-edged class the va¬ 
rieties of Picotees in the several groups 
are sufficiently numerous. Among the 
scarlets, however, the number of good 
kinds is comparatively small, especially among 
those with light edges. So few indeed are 
they, that it has not hitherto been thought ex¬ 
pedient to class them by themselves ; and 
consequently we find them in the published 
lists intermixed with the rose-edged varieties, 
the class being designated rose- and scarlet- 
edged. No doubt this is very perplexing to 
amateurs and others not familiar with the 
different sorts ; and in order to assist culti¬ 
vators who are in this position, I propose in 
the first place to establish a distinct scarlet- 
edged class, and then to describe a selection of 
the best sorts of that set now in cultivation. 
In the other colours we have a fair proportion 
of light-edged flowers ; but in this scarlet 
class those I have been able to note are all 
of the heavy-edged division. 
Scarlet-edged Varieties. 
Constance Heron: to commence my selec¬ 
tion, I must begin with this fine variety, raised 
by the Rev. C. Fellowes, of Shotesham Rectory, 
Norfolk, to whom we are indebted for the pro¬ 
duction of so many first-class kinds of Picotees. 
It is a remarkably distinct variety, having good 
broad smooth petals, very heavily margined 
with bright scarlet; large and moderately full. 
This is unquestionably the leading flower in this 
class ; it is not yet in commerce, but will be 
distributed in the autumn of the present year. 
Juliana (Turner), heavy-edged, good smooth 
petal, fine form and bright colour, medium size. 
Charles Williams (Norman), a good broad 
smooth-petaled heavy-edged flower, very large 
and full, fine. 
Obadiah (Kirtland), heavy-edged, very bright 
showy flower, but lacking smoothness of petal. 
. Miss Lee (Lord), heavy-edged, good smooth 
petal, and a flower of fine form. 
Regina (Fellowes), heavy-edged, medium¬ 
sized, bright, smooth, and good. 
Flower of the Dag (Norman), heavy-edged, 
a fair flower. 
Mrs. Davies (Norman), heavy-edged, a 
medium-sized flower, and very evenly marked. 
Field Marshal (Payne), heavy-edged, 
bright, but rather thin. 
Rosy Queen (Wood), heavy-edged, a nice 
flower, bright, with a good solid edge. 
Lady Boston (Fellowes), heavy-edged, a very 
large full flower, fine. 
Brilliant (Payne), heavy-edged, much like 
Juliana, but not so good. 
The foregoing remarks apply to the scarlet- 
edged varieties only ; consequently, viewed as 
a list of choice Picotees, the above enumera¬ 
tion is very incomplete. We are, indeed, so 
frequently asked for lists of the best sorts of 
the various classes, that we may well take the 
present opportunity to add the names of some 
of the finest varieties of the other groups, as a 
guide to those who may wish to make a selecr 
tion of the sorts best adapted for exhibition 
purposes. 
Rose-edged Varieties. 
Mrs. Payne (Pellowes), H. 
Lady Carrington (Abercrombie), L. 
Ethel (Fellowes), L. 
Edith Dombrain (Turner), H. 
Evelyn (Fellowes), L. 
Fanny Helen (Niven), H. 
Royal Visit (Abercrombie), H. 
Lucy (Addis), L. 
Miss Gorton (Dodwell), L. 
Estelle (Fellowes), L. 
