. 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. 417 L. Yieillardii—Vieil-lard'-i-i (Vieillard's), Baker. A stove species, of medium dimensions, native of New Caledonia. Its barren fronds, 1ft. or more in length and lin. to oin. in breadth, vary in shape from narrow and entire (undivided) to oblong, with a long, narrow, entire point, and several leaflets IJin.
. 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. 417 L. Yieillardii—Vieil-lard'-i-i (Vieillard's), Baker. A stove species, of medium dimensions, native of New Caledonia. Its barren fronds, 1ft. or more in length and lin. to oin. in breadth, vary in shape from narrow and entire (undivided) to oblong, with a long, narrow, entire point, and several leaflets IJin. to 2in. long and Jin. broad. The fertile fronds are usually pinnate (divided to the midrib), with several narrow, distinct leaflets disposed Jin. to fin. apart at the base.—Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 175. L. YUlcanica—vul-ca'-nic-a (volcanic), Blume. ' This totally distinct, greenhouse species, native of New Zealand, Tasmania, Java, and the Polynesian Islands, is suitable alike for the rock Fernery or for a Fern-case. Its broadly egg-shaped barren fronds, 6in. to 18in. long and Sin. to Gin. broad, are produced from a thick, oblique, short stem or trunk of a woody nature and densely clothed at the crown with blackish scales, and are borne on pale, erect stalks 4in. to 6in. long. The leaflets, of a leathery texture, and with parchment-hke, undulated margins, are spear-shaped, slightly enlarged at the base, and bluntish at the point; the lowest pair are usually deflexed (thrown back). The fertile fronds are of the same size as the others, but their contracted leaflets are very narrow, distantly placed, and suddenly enlarged at the base.—Hooker, Species Filicum, iii., p. 13. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 295. L. zamiaefolia—za-mi-te-foF-i-a (Zamia-leaved). A synonym of L. Boryana cycacloides. L. zamioides —za-mi-o-i'-des (Zamia-like). A popular garden name for L. Boryana and its variety VOL. Please note that these images are extracted f
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