. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 368 The American Florist. Mar. 25, plenty of fresh air and to dry up the superfluous moisture from the miniature plants without causing strong draughts. The Late Frank H. Brard. (See obituary page 377.) over them or exposing them to the full sun, but it is sometimes very difiieult to avoid an outbreak of fungus among the young ferns when the weather hap- pens to remain damp and cloudy for several days together, as is liable to occur in late winter and early spring. The snails have voracious appetites for young fer
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 368 The American Florist. Mar. 25, plenty of fresh air and to dry up the superfluous moisture from the miniature plants without causing strong draughts. The Late Frank H. Brard. (See obituary page 377.) over them or exposing them to the full sun, but it is sometimes very difiieult to avoid an outbreak of fungus among the young ferns when the weather hap- pens to remain damp and cloudy for several days together, as is liable to occur in late winter and early spring. The snails have voracious appetites for young fern fronds, and these pests must be watched for and trapped. The seedling ferns must at all times be kept moist, but all watering should be done early in the day in order to allow them to dry off before night, and from the fact that these young plants have as yet but few roots it will not be found necessary to water them fre- quently. Adiantum rhodophyllum, A. Victoria and A. Farleyense are among the useful ferns that are i^ropagated by means of division of the crowns, these spteies having a habit of producing a multitude of small crowns that may be readily divided, the divisions being either planted in rows in a light soil, or sand and chopped sphagnum moss, in a propagating frame, the latter being kept at a temperatilre of about 70° and reasonably moist, or may be pricked out into pans or flats and the latter placed in the frame under the same conditions. If properly eared for these divided crowns will soon throw up a frond or two, at the same time forming roots, and may then be potted off into 2-inch pots in much the same manner as though they were seedlings. All three of these adiantums are quite tender in the small state, but the first two are very beautiful little ferns for fern- eries owing to their compact habit and large pinna;, and the third species, or variety rather, is now becoming so well known and admired as to need no fur- ther recommendation at this time. The ne
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