The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . is amixture of about equal quantities of peat and fibrousloam. Tlie plant has a great antipathy to being pottedhard, and particularly dislikes water on the fronds, whichturn black in a very short time if subjected to frequentsyringings. Although generally considered fairly hardy, G. lepto-yhtjlln (Fig. 423) thrives best in the warm house, where Gymnogramme—co7i(raMe(i. one frequently finds seedlings coming np apontaueously onthe surface of the pots conta
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . is amixture of about equal quantities of peat and fibrousloam. Tlie plant has a great antipathy to being pottedhard, and particularly dislikes water on the fronds, whichturn black in a very short time if subjected to frequentsyringings. Although generally considered fairly hardy, G. lepto-yhtjlln (Fig. 423) thrives best in the warm house, where Gymnogramme—co7i(raMe(i. one frequently finds seedlings coming np apontaueously onthe surface of the pots containing other plants. A warm,sliady, moist nook in the Fernery is therefore the mostsuitable situation. The compost which this species prefersis one made of equal parts leaf-mould, peat, and loam,with a little sand. It also requires, while growing, anabundant supply of water at the roots, but must havethoroughly good drainage. G. trifuliata is a robust species, and under liberal treat-ment, and -vThen grown in such a place that its gradually-extending fronds can be trained near the glass of theroof, it forms a very piotni-esqne Fio. 428. Gymnogkammb microphylla. Other interesting kinds are G. alismxfolin, with Alisma- like fronds (Fig. 424) ; G. Andersmii (Pig. 425), a minutespecies ; the elegant G. chxrophylla (Fig. 426) ; G. lanceo-lata (Fig. 427), wTiich in its native country is frequentlyfound growing upon trees ; and the small G. inicrophylla(Pig. 428). To the species and varieties described on pp. 1114-5,Vol. II., the following should be added: G. argentea (silvery), sti. slender, glossy, chestnut-brown,2in. to 3in. long, fronds deltoid, quaarij^innatifid ; , deltoid, the lowest 3in. to 4in. hmg, 2i]i. broad, of a
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