. 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. LO MARIA. 411 a stalk or midrib, the lobes being reduced into simple nodes bearing the spore masses.—Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 384. L. S. COntracta—con-trac'-ta (contracted), Lowe. A distinct and quite constant variety, originally found in the Valley of Conway, North Wales. Its barren fronds, about 5in. long, have th
. 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. LO MARIA. 411 a stalk or midrib, the lobes being reduced into simple nodes bearing the spore masses.—Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 384. L. S. COntracta—con-trac'-ta (contracted), Lowe. A distinct and quite constant variety, originally found in the Valley of Conway, North Wales. Its barren fronds, about 5in. long, have the leaflets at their lower half remarkably narrow (Fig. 101), contracted and cleft; those above are larger, irregular, and somewhat ligulate (strap-shaped).— Lowe, New and Rare Ferns, t, 20c. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 295. L. S. C. ramosa—ra-mo'-sa (branching), Lowe. A very handsome, crested form of the previous variety, originally found in the Clova Mountains, in Scotland. Its fronds, similar in size and formation to those of the variety contracta, become branched at about 2in. from their summit, where they are also furnished with larger and irregular-shaped leaflets.— Lowe, New and Rare Ferns, t. 20d. L. S. crispa—cris'-pa (curled), Lowe. In this beautiful variety, found in Broadwater Forest, Tunbridge Wells, the barren fronds, Sin. to lOin. long, have their lateral segments crowded, blunt at the extremity, and curled on the margin. Their summit is crisped and multifid (much-cleft), forming a small tassel. The fertile fronds are similar in size and form, their leaflets being also blunt at the extremity.—Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 382. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 3$ Fi^. 101. Barren Frond of Lomaria Spicant contracta (nat. size). L. S. cristata—cris-ta'-ta (crested), Lowe. A very pretty variety, found in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells, also on the Clova Mountains, and in a ravine of Saddleback, Keswick. Its barren fro
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