. 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 and numerous wood engravings, specially prepared for this work . Ferns; Ferns. OSMUND A. 37 a natural state from Kamtscbatka to Java and Ceylon. The peculiar Ironds, which in general appearance greatly resemble those of a Lomaria, are 1ft. to 3ft. long, Sin. to 12in. broad, and simply pinnate (only once divided to the midrib), being provided vrith leaflets distinctly barre
. 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 and numerous wood engravings, specially prepared for this work . Ferns; Ferns. OSMUND A. 37 a natural state from Kamtscbatka to Java and Ceylon. The peculiar Ironds, which in general appearance greatly resemble those of a Lomaria, are 1ft. to 3ft. long, Sin. to 12in. broad, and simply pinnate (only once divided to the midrib), being provided vrith leaflets distinctly barren or fertile. The barren ones, of a leathery texture, dark green colour, and glossy, are 4in. to Sin. long, ^in. to fin. broad, wedge-shaped at the base, and often slightly stalked, their edge being either entire or sometimes sharply toothed. The fertile leaflets, which are usually disposed on each side of the rachis (stalk), and in the centre of the frond, are shorter, and made up of numerous close but distinct, oblong, sessile (stalkless) clusters. Fig. 12 is reduced from Col. Beddome's " Ferns of Southern India," by the kind permission of the author.—Hooker^ Icones Plan- tarum, t, 15. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 530. O. lancea — lan'-ce-a (lance-like), Thunberg. This is a greenhouse species, of small dimensions, native of Japan, and with barren and fertile fronds totally distinct. The barren ones, about Ift. long, are oblong in shape and acuminate (ending in a long, tapering point). Their leaflets, about 5in. long and of a somewhat leathery texture, are oblong, acuminate, and short-stalked, the lowest being rather reduced; they are again divided into narrowly spear-shaped leafits, Ifin. long, Jin. broad, narrowed at both ends, stalkless, and slightly toothed upwards. The fertile fronds are ternato-decompound (divided into. Fig. 12. Portion of Frond of Osmunda javanica (J nat. size).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page
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