. 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. 78 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. their edges being entire and rounded. P. biforme is stated by Nicholson to have been introduced into this country in 1842.—Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 285. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 157. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. Fii. 29. Platyc
. 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. 78 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. their edges being entire and rounded. P. biforme is stated by Nicholson to have been introduced into this country in 1842.—Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 285. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 157. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. Fii. 29. Platycerium alcicorne majus (I nat. size). P. g-rande—gran'-de (large), J. Smith. A magnificent, stove species, which is stated to have been discovered in 1828, and which, according to Lowe, was introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Mr. Bidwill, in 1842 ; it is a native of North Australia, Singapore, and the Philippine Islands. The barren fronds, which are very large, stalkless, nearly round, and ascending, have their upper portion divided into a number. 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 : Gill
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