. 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. FERN FERN 577 time, in most cases, they will be sufficiently dry to have spores removed from them by rubbing the frond in a sieve which has about 20 meshes to the inch. When thus separated from fronds the spores should be put up in small seed-bags and placed in air-tight jars until re- quired for sowing. Cared
. 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. FERN FERN 577 time, in most cases, they will be sufficiently dry to have spores removed from them by rubbing the frond in a sieve which has about 20 meshes to the inch. When thus separated from fronds the spores should be put up in small seed-bags and placed in air-tight jars until re- quired for sowing. Cared for in this manner, perfect success has been invariably secured, even after keeping spores for years. Propagation by Other Means. âSome Ferns form little plants at the ends of pinnse and of fronds, which upon attaining to suflicient size may be detached from parent plants, planted into shallow, well-drained seed- pans, and for a week or two left in the propagating frame, where they will soon form roots, when they can be potted. Among such are Adiantum caudatum, A. Udgeivorthii, A. lunidatum, var. dolabriforme, AspJe- nhim Belangerli, A. bulhtferiim, A. salicifolium, Gym- â nr>i/ra)HitH( scliizophylla, var. gloriosa, Polysticlnim amjulare, var,proUferum, and many more. A very useful decorative Fern is Nephrolepis daval- lioides, var. fnrcans, and it will make a beautiful speci- men plant in a comparatively short time. To grow large quantities, the old plants should be cut back to within G inches of surface of soil and placed in a house where a bottom heat of 90° F. may be secured, when they will soon form a large number of short, strong fronds. At this time they may be divided into a number of small plants, potted off and placed in the same position as the parent plants. A somewhat slower method is to plant out a number of plants on a bench into 5 inches of soil, in which soil the rhizomes, running over the surface, will form a number of small plants, which may be de- ta
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