. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 404 MV GARDEN. very slowly. The T. superba (fig. 921) is a splendid fern, which was discovered by Captain Cook in New Zealand. It is also liable to be attacked by a parasitic fungus. I have both these last-mentioned todeas out of doors, under glass in my drawing-room, and also in my fernery. The T. Fraseri, the last species, is still a deside- ratum with me. An illustra- tion of a sporangia of a todea is annexed. There is one genus of fems (Lygodium)
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 404 MV GARDEN. very slowly. The T. superba (fig. 921) is a splendid fern, which was discovered by Captain Cook in New Zealand. It is also liable to be attacked by a parasitic fungus. I have both these last-mentioned todeas out of doors, under glass in my drawing-room, and also in my fernery. The T. Fraseri, the last species, is still a deside- ratum with me. An illustra- tion of a sporangia of a todea is annexed. There is one genus of fems (Lygodium) the mem- ° ^ bers of which are climbers, and hence afford a remarkable contrast in habit to the others. The (fig. 922 a:), from America, is a fine climbing species, which lives out of doors in my garden. The L. scandens (fig. 923), from South China, is another climbing species, which covers posts, and is very graceful and elegant. We have also L. volubile, from Cuba. ,. Fig. 921.—Todea Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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