. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 380 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. warm moist comer skould be foimd for this species, which is not one of the freest growers; in an or- dinary stove it seldom thrives satisfactorily. Bor- neo and Fiji. S. viridangiila—another of the arborescent species, with stems four feet in length, semi-erect, and long lance-shaped pinnee a foot or more in length, by which it may he easily distinguished from S. canaliculata, to which species it is otherwise similar. Fiji. S. viticnlosa—a caulescent species not very distinct species, there is also the reiuarkable iride
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 380 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. warm moist comer skould be foimd for this species, which is not one of the freest growers; in an or- dinary stove it seldom thrives satisfactorily. Bor- neo and Fiji. S. viridangiila—another of the arborescent species, with stems four feet in length, semi-erect, and long lance-shaped pinnee a foot or more in length, by which it may he easily distinguished from S. canaliculata, to which species it is otherwise similar. Fiji. S. viticnlosa—a caulescent species not very distinct species, there is also the reiuarkable iridescent lus- tre of its foliage, which ' never fails to excite admi- ration. It branches freely, so that by pinching out the tips of the stems it may be indiiced to grow into a compact shrubby specimen. A Selaginella which produces stems twenty-five feet or more long, branches freely, and hears large, graceful, beautifully-cut fronds of a singular metallic lustre, ought not to be over- looked when forming even the smallest collection of stove plants. East Selaginella. graitdis. from S. erythropus. Tro- pical South America. S. Walhchii — the best known among the arbore- scent kinds and one of the handsomest and easiest to grow. It has erect, rather stout stems, about three feet long; lance-shaped pinnas about nine inches in length, these pinnee or branches being ar- ranged alternately upon the stem; they are of a very dark green colour when the plant is in good health, Eind when covered • with their freely prodii ced fringes of fruit-spikes they are most attractive. East Indies. S. Wildenovii—in addition to the extraordinary length of £rond In this Sub-Tropical Species. For these a temperature of 60°—70° in summer, and one of 50°—55° in winter, will afford sufficient "warmth. They may be grown along with such plants as Cattleyas or Begonias, which usually are treated as "intermediate" plants. S, albo-nitens—a dwarf com- pact- growing Mo
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