. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1076 NEPHEOLEPIS 3. acilta, Presl. (iV. ^uilsfj, Hort.). Lvs. 2-4 ft. long, 8-12 in. wide, on short slightly scaly stalks; pinnae %-l in. wide, acute, with entire or slightly crenate margins, the lower basal angle rounded, the upper auricled: in- dusia suborbicular. Fl
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1076 NEPHEOLEPIS 3. acilta, Presl. (iV. ^uilsfj, Hort.). Lvs. 2-4 ft. long, 8-12 in. wide, on short slightly scaly stalks; pinnae %-l in. wide, acute, with entire or slightly crenate margins, the lower basal angle rounded, the upper auricled: in- dusia suborbicular. Fla. to Brazil and in the tropics of the Old ^scens, Presl., is awooUy variety. If. iripinnatifida is said to be a variety of this species. BB. Margitis pinnatifid. 4, davallioides. Kunze. Lvs. drooping, 2-3 ft. long, 1 ft. or more wide; lower pinnse inciso-crenate, the upper narrower, with deeper lobes. In cultivation the pinnse are forked often several times and are sometimes irregu- larly crested: their form resembles the horticultural va- riety fiircans. Java. - Var. furoans multiceps is also advertised. A', serrulata cristata. once advertised by John Saul, seems un- known to the botanies.âA'. Wlttboldii, 5:247 (1900); 6:52n. is a variety of Boston Fern with fronds thrice as wide as the type. The pinnae are said to have characteristic convolutions. NEBINE be procured at little cost aud is easily grown. It is prop- agated by division or by the creeping rhizomes. This is best done in early spring. The rhizomes msy be pegged down in small pots and when well rooted may be de tached from the parent plant. A good compost for pot- ting consists of soil and leaf-mold, with some well-rotted manure added. Shift into larger pots or pans as the plants requiir. \ ar angustita, N. E. Br., has smaller and nar- rower lvs. Figured in catalogue of u. â¢â curvifolia Fothereilli (> The Boston Fern 7\ephiolepis exaHata, var Bostoni- ensiSf is without do
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