. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. USEFUL FORMS OF MAIDENHAIR FERNS The (joins udUnihiiii, lontposcd uf what an cuiiii}W)ihj called maiden- hair ferns, iiicli(di:< a niniilx r of varieties ah)K)st indispensable to florists. Those who grow these ferns, elihi r in pots or for cnttiny, should know the Iraits of the rariitiis raliiuhl! hk mht rs at' fhr faind i/. oin- the species in- (^^^»_^^)j (licated when it was said -II that one jif'^^ adiantum foi- the market, and this condition continued for a number of years, until Adiantum Koenl)cckii was introduced by F. Roenbeck. possilily
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. USEFUL FORMS OF MAIDENHAIR FERNS The (joins udUnihiiii, lontposcd uf what an cuiiii}W)ihj called maiden- hair ferns, iiicli(di:< a niniilx r of varieties ah)K)st indispensable to florists. Those who grow these ferns, elihi r in pots or for cnttiny, should know the Iraits of the rariitiis raliiuhl! hk mht rs at' fhr faind i/. oin- the species in- (^^^»_^^)j (licated when it was said -II that one jif'^^ adiantum foi- the market, and this condition continued for a number of years, until Adiantum Koenl)cckii was introduced by F. Roenbeck. possilily forty years ag:o. The latter fern was ap]iareutly a seed ling form of A. cuneatum. i»iit iiad longer fronds and smaller |iiniue, and as A. lloenbeckii came true from spores and grew fpiickly, it superseded the original species with many growers, and much of the adiantuni fronds that were <-ut for the market would |iro\e ujion examination to be A. RoenI)eckii, and it is quite ])ossil)le that many ( the stocks of Adiantum cuneatum about the coini try are more or less mixed with that va ricty now. One of the distinguishing m .a r k s of A. Koenbeckii, in ail- dition to those :i!re:idy noted, is found in the fact that the pinna' are finely serrated on the edge, while those of the oiiginal are com pa ra t i v c circle o f friends. Adiantum Croweanum seemed to ho a sterile form of Adiantum ilecoiinn. It large fronds with stiff stems and is "f excellent keeping quality when cut. On account of its usual habit of sterility, the propagation of eanum dojiends on di- vision of the crowns, so that there is rather more dilhciilty in maintaining a stock of this than there is in the case of a fern that pro duces spoi-es freely, but nevertheless A. <'roweanum is a line feiii for the ileco- rator and desiTxcs extrti attentiioi. Adiantum Hybriduni. still another i-ninmeri-iai adiani appeared a number of years ago is hybridum. a var
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