. 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. 354 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. T. (Leptopteris) plumosa—Lep-top'-ter-is; plu-mo'-sa (feathery), Moore. A very pretty seedling, raised in Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons' nursery, where a considerable number of plants of identical character, but differing from the supposed parent, have been obtained from a sowing of T. superba. W
. 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. 354 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. T. (Leptopteris) plumosa—Lep-top'-ter-is; plu-mo'-sa (feathery), Moore. A very pretty seedling, raised in Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons' nursery, where a considerable number of plants of identical character, but differing from the supposed parent, have been obtained from a sowing of T. superba. We can only suppose they are accidental hybrids, brought into existence by the casual intermixture of spores of some other Todea with those which were purposely sown. T. plumosa is of dwarf, compact habit, and of a pale green colour when young. The surface of the fronds is moderately bristly with the small, erect segments, as in T. intermedia, but the fronds are shorter and. Fig. 707, Todea superba (much reduced). more egg-shaped, and the stalks are also wanting in the woolly nature which is peculiar to that plant.—Thomas Moore in Gardeners' Chronicle, May 4, 1878, p. 565. T. riYUlaris—ri-vul-a'-ris (brook-loving). Synonymous with T. barbara. T. (Leptopteris) superba—Lep-top'-ter-is ; sup-erb'-a (superb), Colenso. This remarkable plant, known in gardens as the " Crape Fern," the " Prince of Wales's Feather Fern," and the " New Zealand Filmy Fern," is undoubtedly the most striking as well as the most beautiful species. 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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