. 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 XIII. DRYING FERN FRONDS. T is not only in their living state, and when in fresh condition, that Ferns are decorative and interesting: they are also a great and constant source of enjoyment when carefully pre- served in a dry state. The fronds being flat, the majority, if not the whole of them, may, with a little a
. 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 XIII. DRYING FERN FRONDS. T is not only in their living state, and when in fresh condition, that Ferns are decorative and interesting: they are also a great and constant source of enjoyment when carefully pre- served in a dry state. The fronds being flat, the majority, if not the whole of them, may, with a little attention, be dried in such a way as to be very nearly as attractive in that state as when in full growth. It is quite as pleasant to refer to fronds thus preserved as it is to consult drawings or paintings—more or less exact and trustworthy—of flowers gone by which, on account of their size, shape, or nature, it is found impossible to preserve in the same way. In the case of dried fronds there can be neither exaggeration nor deception ; the size and shape are sure to be exact, and, if carefully prepared, the colours of the species may equally be depended upon. It must be borne in mind that, although they may be placed under exactly similar conditions, some Fern fronds will retain their colour much better than others. Hymenophyllums, Todeas, and Trichomanes, for instance, seldom become discoloured through the process of drying ; in fact, it may" be broadly stated, that all thin-textured fronds keep their colour far better than those which possess more substance, such as some of the Lomarias, Acro- stichums, Aspleniums, Davallias, Polypodiums, &c. The. reason for such a result is obvious. In the first place, scarcely any moisture is exhaled during the drying of these thin fronds, compared with the amount of it given off by fronds of a more fleshy nature. The latter, on account of their thickness, are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page imag
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