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After lunch we visited the se<strong>as</strong>ide, or rather the dunes at Ynysl<strong>as</strong> (22/6094). There w<strong>as</strong> a<br />
good collection of equisetums here, including E. x litorale and E. variegatum (very small<br />
and difficult to spot at first, but then seen to be abundant), but most notably several good<br />
stands of Ophioglossum vulgatum. O. azoricum is recorded from further up the co<strong>as</strong>t, but it<br />
is not known here nor could we find it. Polypodium interjectum w<strong>as</strong> growing on the dunes,<br />
although the numerous orchids side-tracked some of the party.<br />
Moving on we visited a long straight dyke near the village of Taliesin (22/6591). Here we<br />
were delighted to add Dryopteris carthusiana, D. dilatata, their hybrid D. x deweveri and<br />
Osmunda regalis to our species list. The osmund<strong>as</strong> were numerous and one or two plants<br />
were over six feet tall, but further into the bog we were <strong>as</strong>sured plants up to ten feet tall<br />
could be found.<br />
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photo: B.D. Smith<br />
Joy & Stewart Neal’s house, near Eglwysfach, Machynlleth<br />
Barry Thom<strong>as</strong>, Alison Paul, Christine Mullins, Pat Acock, Jennifer Walls, Ann Colville, Robin Walls,<br />
Sam Thom<strong>as</strong>, Martin Rickard, Graham Ackers, Bruce Brown, Sandy Strang, Joy & Stewart Neal,<br />
Matt Stribley, Barbara Porter, Gill Smith, Barry Colville, Bryan Smith, Jonathan Crowe,<br />
Robert Sykes, Ken Trewren<br />
Next on the agenda w<strong>as</strong> one of the weekend’s highlights. We had all been invited to have a<br />
cream tea in Joy and Stewart Neal’s garden just north of Eglwysfach (22/6996). Joy h<strong>as</strong><br />
am<strong>as</strong>sed a large fern collection, which h<strong>as</strong> been planted alongside her own private rocky<br />
ravine. Many interesting ferns grow here including several interesting cultivars of Polystichum<br />
setiferum. The star of her fern walk is, however, an uninvited guest – none other than a<br />
small patch of the gametophyte of Trichomanes speciosum! Elsewhere in the garden ferns<br />
are less numerous but it is a wonderful garden, a real tribute to Joy and Stewart.<br />
Saturday closed with a very enjoyable session of short slide-shows after dinner. Not a bad<br />
day – two good gardens, a cream tea and 32 different taxa of ferns and fern allies seen<br />
growing in the wild.
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