The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . to secureperfect drainage. A mixture of peat, loam, and oldmortar, iu about equal parts, should be used. Watermust be sparingly given, taking care to avoid anysuperfluous moisture. The cold frame is the best p>lacein which to keep the plant in good order. It is worthy ofspecial note thatall Aspleniums areparticularly free fromthe attacks of suchpests as Thrips,Green-fly, and MealyBug, and are natur-ally clean plants,their worst enemiesbeing Woodlice a
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . to secureperfect drainage. A mixture of peat, loam, and oldmortar, iu about equal parts, should be used. Watermust be sparingly given, taking care to avoid anysuperfluous moisture. The cold frame is the best p>lacein which to keep the plant in good order. It is worthy ofspecial note thatall Aspleniums areparticularly free fromthe attacks of suchpests as Thrips,Green-fly, and MealyBug, and are natur-ally clean plants,their worst enemiesbeing Woodlice andSlugs, which are fondof their succulentstalks. The formermust be trapped bymeans of slices ofCarrot placed in theirhaunts, and the latterwith bran or brewersgrains. To the species andvarieties described onpp. 127-35, Vol. I.,the foUovring shouldbe added: A. achillesefollmn (Achillea-leaved).fronds about 2ft. long,including the greystipes, somewhat lan-ceolate ; pinnae nu-merous, soft, 4in. to6in. long, lin. ,cut throughout to tliewinged midrib intonumerous bluntly-toothed pinnules and iin. oblong, usually ». -^n:SS2- Fig. 92. Frond of Asplenium ALATUM. 1900 Supplement—Recent Introductions, &c. 97 Mexico. Greenhouse. Syn- AspleniTun—con tinned. one to each lobe of the achillecefolium. A. alatnm. This species is readily distinguished by the broad andnearly transparent wings on the stipes and rachis. See Fig. 92. A. amboinense (Amboyna). rhiz. creeping, clothed with black,subulate scales, sti. about lin. long, fronds nnmerous, ever-green, lanceolate, narrowed below, truncate at apex, having ascaly bud at the end of the midrib, and a small, forked or multitidcontinuation of the frond. South Sea Islands. 1887. Stove.
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