. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. Filiccs. 543 species. Sir W. J. Hooker, in his ' Synopsis of all Known P'erhs, reduces the number of genera to 75, containing about 2,500 species ; but other authors, who are content to establish genera upon much more slender characters, raise the number to above 200, with a corresponding increase in the number of species. It is a fact beyond contro\'er
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. Filiccs. 543 species. Sir W. J. Hooker, in his ' Synopsis of all Known P'erhs, reduces the number of genera to 75, containing about 2,500 species ; but other authors, who are content to establish genera upon much more slender characters, raise the number to above 200, with a corresponding increase in the number of species. It is a fact beyond contro\'ersy that Ferns are equally as vari- able as any other class of plants, and this tendency to varia-. Pig. 261. Tree Pem. tion is well exemplified in our native species, without including the numerous pretty though abnormal forms which have in- creased so vastly in cultivation during the last twenty years. With the exception of a few species from Northern Asia and North America, and perhaps a few from the southern hemi- sphere, we are limited to our native species for hardy subjects in this' beautiful group of plants. In sheltered and partially shaded situations, many of the Tree l<'erns (fig. 261) may be. 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 Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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