The fern garden : how to make, keep, and enjoy it ; or, Fern culture made easy . tsfullest perfection in mellow loam or peat in a shadysituation. The following varieties are fine—cristatay amagnificent object when well grown; crispa, a littlegem for the case; grandicepSj a fine pot fern : polydac-tylUy a fine-crested variety. L. (Bmula, the hay-scented fern, a charming speciesfor the cool house or pot culture. When dried it isagreeably fragrant. L. dilatata, the broad buckler fern, should be plantedplentifully out of doors. The variety dumetorum hasa beautiful rich appearance. L. montana or L.
The fern garden : how to make, keep, and enjoy it ; or, Fern culture made easy . tsfullest perfection in mellow loam or peat in a shadysituation. The following varieties are fine—cristatay amagnificent object when well grown; crispa, a littlegem for the case; grandicepSj a fine pot fern : polydac-tylUy a fine-crested variety. L. (Bmula, the hay-scented fern, a charming speciesfor the cool house or pot culture. When dried it isagreeably fragrant. L. dilatata, the broad buckler fern, should be plantedplentifully out of doors. The variety dumetorum hasa beautiful rich appearance. L. montana or L. oreopteris, the mountain bucklerfern, common on Scottish moors, and by no meansscarce in England and Wales. It should be plantedout in loam and be freely supplied with water. It isnot a good fern to grow in pots. When the hand ispassed over the fronds a pleasant odour is emitted;when dried it has a sweet hay-like scent. L. thelypteris, a free growing species for the coolhouse and for pot culture. It loves shade, moisture,and spongy peat, and travels fast. British Ferns. 83. POLTPODim rriGAEE. 84 The Fern Garden, Ophioglossum.—O. vulgatum and O. lusitanicum arethe only two kinds of Adders-tongue fern in should be kept in pots in a frame and con-spicuously labelled, as their fronds disappear early inthe season, and the plants are likely to be thrown awayas dead. Scarcely worth growing. OsMUNDA.— 0. regaliSy the royal fern, is a most nobleplant for the garden, but not well adapted for pots orthe fern-house. Plant in moist spongy peat or strongloam. The variety cristata makes a handsome pot plant. PoLYPODiUM.—P. vulgare, the common polypody,may be grown anywhere and almost anyhow, but pre-fers a spongy or leafy soil, an elevated position andsome amount of shade. It will thrive on the top of anold wall in the full sun if planted small in the firstinstance, and make a beautiful object on old tree stumpsin the fernery. None of our native ferns enduredrought so w
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