. 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. ASPLENIUM. 579 about Ootocamund, in the Neilgherries, and on the higher ranges of other lofty mountains on the western side of the Madras Presidency. Its fronds, lft. to ljft. long and 4in. to 6in. broad, are borne on firm, erect stalks Bill, to 8in. long and clothed with deciduous woolly hairs ; they are furnished with fr
. 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. ASPLENIUM. 579 about Ootocamund, in the Neilgherries, and on the higher ranges of other lofty mountains on the western side of the Madras Presidency. Its fronds, lft. to ljft. long and 4in. to 6in. broad, are borne on firm, erect stalks Bill, to 8in. long and clothed with deciduous woolly hairs ; they are furnished with from twelve to twenty pairs of leaflets 2in. to 3in. long, of a coriaceous (leathery) texture, and cut down throughout nearly or quite to the midrib. Fig. 705. Two Pinnee of Asplenium Franconis (I nat. size). into narrow-wedge-shaped pinnules (leafits), which are sharply toothed on their outer edge. The sori (spore masses) are very narrow and radiate from a common centre.—Hooker, Species Filicum, hi., p. 165. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 131. Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 144. A. Gardneri—Gard'-ner-i (Gardner's), Baker. A stove species, from Ceylon, producing from a short-creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) lanceolate (spear-shaped) fronds Sin. to 12in. long, 3in. to 4 b 2. 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
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