. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 556 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. to give the former process the preference. The Ferns partaking of these characters may be divided thus : (i) plants viviparous over the whole or the greater part of the surface of the leafy portion of their fronds ; (2) plants in which the proliferous character instead of belonging to the leafy portion of the fronds, extends only to its rachis or stalks which are covered with adven- titious growths; (3) plants whose fronds bear one solitary bulbil, situated at or near to their extremity, an
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 556 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. to give the former process the preference. The Ferns partaking of these characters may be divided thus : (i) plants viviparous over the whole or the greater part of the surface of the leafy portion of their fronds ; (2) plants in which the proliferous character instead of belonging to the leafy portion of the fronds, extends only to its rachis or stalks which are covered with adven- titious growths; (3) plants whose fronds bear one solitary bulbil, situated at or near to their extremity, and whose tailed appendage is formed by the pro- duction of a young plant partaking of the same characters as the parents, as is the case in Fadyena prolifera (Fig. 345); (4) plants which have the base of their stalks pro- vided with either stolons or scales of a proliferous nature, each of these bearing one or more latent buds, which, under favourable circumsta nc e s, never fail to re- produce the parent. The pro- pagation of these Ferns is of the simplest descrip- tion, and consists in pegging the fronds or their parts which bear the proliferous growths so that these come in direct contact with the soil, when they will produce roots and soon be able to support themselves. In the species where the buds are disposed on the stalks, or at the base of the fronds, it is most important that these should be encouraged into growth before the stalks begin to decay, for,. Fig. 345.—Fadyena 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 Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons
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