The fern garden : how to make, keep, and enjoy it ; or, Fern culture made easy . topsis radiata, a very distinct and elegant littlefern; the divisions of the fronds radiate in a regularmanner from a common centre. Adiantum concinnunij A. Farleyense, A. macrophyUurriyA. tenerum, A. trapeziforme ; a splendid group^ not oneof which can be dispensed with in even the smallestcollection. A. Farleyense might in an offhand way bepronounced the most beautiful fern known^ but theassertion would not bear criticism^ just because thereare so many beauties of the kind; it is impossible todecide which is the
The fern garden : how to make, keep, and enjoy it ; or, Fern culture made easy . topsis radiata, a very distinct and elegant littlefern; the divisions of the fronds radiate in a regularmanner from a common centre. Adiantum concinnunij A. Farleyense, A. macrophyUurriyA. tenerum, A. trapeziforme ; a splendid group^ not oneof which can be dispensed with in even the smallestcollection. A. Farleyense might in an offhand way bepronounced the most beautiful fern known^ but theassertion would not bear criticism^ just because thereare so many beauties of the kind; it is impossible todecide which is the best amongst them. Asplenium formosum, A. serra, A. viviparum. Thesecond of these is a laro-e-o-rowino: exhibition fern:the other two are delicate beauties. BJechnum brasiliense, a noble fern^ well adapted forexhibition^ and one of the easiest to manage. Brainea insignis, a grand fern, palm-like in growth,the young fronds tinged with a lovely rosy hue. Davallia polyantha, D. aculeata. The fronds of the 118 The Fern Garden, first have a rich rosy crimson tinge when young; the. DAA^ALLIA ACULEATA. other is as thorny as a bramble, and grows in the styleof a climbing fern. Thirty Select Stove Ferns, 119
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