. 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. CHAPTER XXIV, HEMIONITIS, Linnceus. (He-mi-on-i'-tis.) Ivy-leaved Fer?is. HIS genus, composed exclusively of small-growing Ferns with peculiar-shaped fronds, is included in the tribe Grammitideoe^ and forms in Hooker and Baker's " Synopsis Filicum" Genus 59. It is the old Greek name used by Dioscorides (from hemi
. 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. CHAPTER XXIV, HEMIONITIS, Linnceus. (He-mi-on-i'-tis.) Ivy-leaved Fer?is. HIS genus, composed exclusively of small-growing Ferns with peculiar-shaped fronds, is included in the tribe Grammitideoe^ and forms in Hooker and Baker's " Synopsis Filicum" Genus 59. It is the old Greek name used by Dioscorides (from hemionos, a mule, supposed to be barren) without any apparent reason, as these plants are undoubtedly fertile. It forms a small group of stove plants whose habitat is almost confined to the Tropics, and which are readily distinguished through their spore masses being disposed in continuous rows along, and sometimes also developed between, the veins, as in Anetium of Splitgern, in which division they are reticulated (forming a regular little network).. Culture. Although some eight or nine species of Hemionitis are known and described, only three or four of them are usually found in cultivation : these are easily-grown plants of dwarf habit, very useful for decoration and also for growing in Fern-cases, where they thrive luxuriantly even if planted in moss only. When grown m pots, all these singular Ferns require is a mixture of two parts of fibrous, soft peat, and one part of sand, or where the peat obtainable is of a somewhat close nature, the mixture is benefited by the. 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
Size: 1520px × 1645px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectferns, bookyear1892
