. 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 amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. ASPLENIUM. 651 A. (Diplazium) Thwaitesii—Dip-laz'-i-um; Thwaites'-I-i (Thwaites's), Hooker. This very fine, stove species, native of Ceylon, appears to he intermediate between the popular A. japonicum and A. decussation. Its fronds, 1ft. long, 4in. broad, and borne on slender, gTeen stalks Gin. long and densely clothed wit
. 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 amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. ASPLENIUM. 651 A. (Diplazium) Thwaitesii—Dip-laz'-i-um; Thwaites'-I-i (Thwaites's), Hooker. This very fine, stove species, native of Ceylon, appears to he intermediate between the popular A. japonicum and A. decussation. Its fronds, 1ft. long, 4in. broad, and borne on slender, gTeen stalks Gin. long and densely clothed with strong, white, woolly hairs, are produced from a wide-creeping rhizome. They are furnished with eight to ten pairs of distant leaflets besides the. Fig, 128, Frond of Asplenium thelypteroicles (i nat. size). terminal one, which is only pinnatifid (cut half-way clown to the midrib). The largest of these leaflets, 2in. long and Jin. broad, are cut clown two-thirds of the way to the stalk into notched lobes about |in. deep ; they are of a soft, papery texture, pale green in colour, and hairy on both surfaces. The sori (spore masses) reach half-way to the edge.—Hooker, Species Filicum, hi., p. 250. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 134. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 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 Schneider, George. London : L. U. Gill
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