. 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. 638 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. North and South Wales ; in Ireland ; in the islands of Anglesey, Orkney, Jersey, &c. From the following quotation from Gerarde it will be seen that the Wall- Rue was known as one of our native Ferns by some of our earliest botanists : " The Stone-Rue groweth upon old walls near unto w
. 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. 638 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. North and South Wales ; in Ireland ; in the islands of Anglesey, Orkney, Jersey, &c. From the following quotation from Gerarde it will be seen that the Wall- Rue was known as one of our native Ferns by some of our earliest botanists : " The Stone-Rue groweth upon old walls near unto waters, wells, and fountains. I have found it upon the walls of Dartford Church, in Kent, hard by the water-side, where the people ride through ; also upon the walls of the churchyard of Sittingbourne, in the same county, in the middle of the town, hard by a great lake of water ; and also upon church walls of Rayleigh, in Essex, and in divers other ; Matthiolus was the first to call it Ruta- muraria, or rather Ruta-muralis, and Gerarde names it after him " Wall-Rue or Rue Maidenhair" as well as "; The little fronds of A. Ruta-muraria, lin. to 2in. long, lin. broad, and borne on slender, wiry stalks 2in. to 4in. long and black towards the base, are provided with a- few leaflets, the lower ones of which are again cut into spoon- or wedge- shaped pinnules (lea-fits) finely toothed round the edges. The sori (spore masses) are linear (much longer than broad), and vary in number according to the size and shape of the pinnules, which they entirely cover when fully developed (Fig. 124).—Hooker, Species Filicum, hi., p. 176. Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., t. 48 ; Ferns British and Exotic, v., t. 27. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 61. Eaton, Ferns of North America, i., t. 15. The Wall-Rue is a somewhat difficult plant to manage under artificial treatment, its removal from its native place being seldom attended with success. The best time to u
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