. 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. 415 L. S. serrata—ser-ra'-ta (tootlied like a saw), Lowe. A strong-growing and beautiful variety, found near Tunbridge Wells, at Barnstaple, at Todmorden, &c. Its barren fronds (Fig. 104), 1ft. long and Sin. broad in the centre, are furnished with somewhat sickle-shaped, deeply yet finely toothed leaflets, th
. 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. 415 L. S. serrata—ser-ra'-ta (tootlied like a saw), Lowe. A strong-growing and beautiful variety, found near Tunbridge Wells, at Barnstaple, at Todmorden, &c. Its barren fronds (Fig. 104), 1ft. long and Sin. broad in the centre, are furnished with somewhat sickle-shaped, deeply yet finely toothed leaflets, the tips of which are often forked. The fertile fronds are longer and of more upright habit; their leaflets are very narrow, sharply toothed, and occasionally forked at the summit.—Zoz^e, Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 389, fig. 798. L. S. serrulata — ser-rul-a'-ta (having small teeth), Lowe. A pretty, dwarf form, having very narrow, spear-shaped barren fronds, furnished with short '^'^^ ''''""^ °f Lomaria ^ n 11 -I 1 Spicant serrata leaflets closely set and beautifully serrulated on the ^^^^ ^^^^^ margin. These fronds are of a pecuHar shape, gradually widening towards their summit, which terminates in a short tail- like process.—Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 394, fig. 823. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 295. L. S. stricta—stric'-ta (upright), Lowe. A distinct variety, found in Westmoreland, also in Ireland and near Llanrwst. Its barren fronds, Ift. long and spear-shaped, are lin. broad at their widest part, and are furnished with toothed leaflets often depauperated (impoverished) at the base. The fertile fronds, 1ft. to l^ft. long, are furnished with very narrow and much shorter leaflets, so that they look much narrower than the barren ones.—Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 381, fig. 786. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 295. L. S. SUbserrata—sub-ser-ra'-ta (somewhat toothed), Loive. A very handsome variety, found near Castle Howard, in Yor
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