. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. CHAPTER XXIIL HELMINTHOSTACHYS, Kaulfuss. (Hel-mintli-os'-tach-ys.) Indian Flowering HE name of tMs monotypic genus is derived from helmins, helminthos, a little worm, and stachys, a spike, in allusion to the arrangement of the spore masses, which form a peculiarly loose spike. Helminthostachys is included in the su
. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. CHAPTER XXIIL HELMINTHOSTACHYS, Kaulfuss. (Hel-mintli-os'-tach-ys.) Indian Flowering HE name of tMs monotypic genus is derived from helmins, helminthos, a little worm, and stachys, a spike, in allusion to the arrangement of the spore masses, which form a peculiarly loose spike. Helminthostachys is included in the sub-order Ophioglossacece, and forms in Hooker and Baker's " Synopsis Filicum" Genus 74 ; it is composed of a solitary handsome, stove species, of singular appearance and closely allied to Botrychium. Culture. H. zeylmiica is a species somewhat difficult of cultivation, requiring stove temperature all the year round and a constantly moist place. The soil best suited to its requirements is a compost made of two parts rich loam, one part leaf mould, and one part sand. Its propagation is very slow, as it very seldom forms double crowns, and young plants have never, to our knowledge, been raised from its spores, wliich are disposed in small, crested clusters, forming a long, loose spike of peculiar shape. This plant being deciduous, care must be taken that, during the resting season, its roots and rhizome, both of which are of a- succulent nature, do not become dry, in which case it would seriously suffer and possibly die outright. H. zeylanica is of little value as a pot plant, but highly interesting when grown in a warm. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Schneider, George. London : L. U. Gill
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