. 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. DAVALLIA. 141 it is more slender in all its parts. The graceful fronds, of an elongated- triangular shape, Sin, to 12in. long and 4in, to Sin. broad, are borne on naked, slender, flexible stalks 3in. to 4in. long, and produced from slender, wide-creeping rhizomes (prostrate stems) of a peculiar grey colour ; they are four
. 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. DAVALLIA. 141 it is more slender in all its parts. The graceful fronds, of an elongated- triangular shape, Sin, to 12in. long and 4in, to Sin. broad, are borne on naked, slender, flexible stalks 3in. to 4in. long, and produced from slender, wide-creeping rhizomes (prostrate stems) of a peculiar grey colour ; they are four times pinnatifid (cut nearly to the midrib), with the pinnules (leafits) of the lower leaflets spear-shaped, and deeply cut into oblong segments (Fig. 32).. f/^. 32. Frond of Daval/ia Mariesii a nat. size). The sori (spore masses), disposed at the extremity of the segments, are deeply half-cup-shaped.—Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 446. As a basket Fern, D. Mariesii is one of the best of the genus ; its rhizomes, of a very slender and flexible nature, readily take possession of the whole exterior surface of the basket, and peep out in all directions. It is exten- sively used in Japan for forming boats, wreaths, crosses, and other designs, to which purpose its flexible rhizomes readily lend 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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