. 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 and numerous wood engravings, specially prepared for this work . Ferns; Ferns. PTERIS. 275 down to a broadly-winged rachis into numerous narrow, sickle-shaped lobes, which are slightly and bluntly toothed when barren ; the lateral ones are numerous and often measure l^ft. in length and 4in. in breadth. The leaflets are further divided into pinnules (leafits) nearly 2in. lo
. 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 and numerous wood engravings, specially prepared for this work . Ferns; Ferns. PTERIS. 275 down to a broadly-winged rachis into numerous narrow, sickle-shaped lobes, which are slightly and bluntly toothed when barren ; the lateral ones are numerous and often measure l^ft. in length and 4in. in breadth. The leaflets are further divided into pinnules (leafits) nearly 2in. long. The texture of the fronds is leathery, and they are naked on both sides, the spore masses falling short of the extremity of the segments.—Hooker, Species Filiciim, ii., p. 217. P. glauca—glau'-ca (bluish-green). Synonymous with Pellcea glauca. P. gracilis—grac'-il-is (slender). Synonymous with Pellcea gracilis. P. (Heterophlebium) grandifolia—Het-er-oph-leb'-i-um ; gran-dif-ol'-i-a (large-leaved), Linnceus. This stove species, of medium dimensions, which, according to Lowe, was introduced into England in 1793, is a native of the West Indies, Mexico, and. Fig. 75. Pinna of Pteris grandifoiia (nat. size). Peru. Its simply-pinnate. (once-divided) fronds, 1ft. to 2ft. long, are borne on erect, straw-coloured stalks 6in. to 12in. long. The leaflets are narrow, tapering to a. sharp point (Fig. 75), of a leathery texture, and naked on both surfaces. The spore masses are often continuous along the whole length of the leaAets.—Hooker, Species Filicum, ii., p. 201, t. 113b. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 242. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, iii., t. 49. P. (Litobrochia) grandiS—Li-tob-roch'-i-a ; gran'-dis (large). A garden name for P. nobilis. T 2. 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 origina
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