. 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. DICKSON I A. 171 D. D. anthriscifolia — an-tMs'- cif-oF-i-a (Antlirisciis-leaved). A variety of D. ruhiginosa. pendulous, and forty to fifty are often seen on one plant at the same time. Its only requirements consist in sufficient space for the expansion of its fronds, and a hberal supply of water on the trunk and at the r
. 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. DICKSON I A. 171 D. D. anthriscifolia — an-tMs'- cif-oF-i-a (Antlirisciis-leaved). A variety of D. ruhiginosa. pendulous, and forty to fifty are often seen on one plant at the same time. Its only requirements consist in sufficient space for the expansion of its fronds, and a hberal supply of water on the trunk and at the roots. This caution is applicable to all fast-growing Ferns, most of the large species existing naturally in moist and boggy situations. In Tasmania, where it is found in abundance, this noble species is so great a feature that the land- scape where it grows enjoys the appellation of the " Fern ; On account of the hardiness of its constitution, and of the marvellous symmetry of its trunk and crown of fronds, D. antarctica is admir- ably adapted for the decoration of the conservatory, whether planted out or grown in a pot or Patania) apiifolia—Pat- an'-i-a; ap'-i-if-oF-i-a (Parsley- leaved), Hooker. A strong-growing, stove species, native of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru, with somewhat rigid fronds of a bright green colour f/^. 39. and fully tripinnate (three times divided to the midrib). The lower pinnae (leaflets), 1ft. to IJft. long and Gin. to 9in. broad, are cut into long, narrow pinnules (leatits), and their. 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 original Schneider, George. London : L. U. Gill
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