. 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 and numerous wood engravings, specially prepared for this work . Ferns; Ferns. OLEANDRA. O. m. Moritzii—Mor-itz'-i-i (Moritz's), Kunze. This variety differs from the species only through the rougher nature of the scales covering the shoots, and through the disposition of its fronds, which are more widely scattered.—Hooker^ Synopsis Filicum, p. 302. O. neriiformis—ne-ri-if-
. 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 and numerous wood engravings, specially prepared for this work . Ferns; Ferns. OLEANDRA. O. m. Moritzii—Mor-itz'-i-i (Moritz's), Kunze. This variety differs from the species only through the rougher nature of the scales covering the shoots, and through the disposition of its fronds, which are more widely scattered.—Hooker^ Synopsis Filicum, p. 302. O. neriiformis—ne-ri-if-or'-mis (Nerium or Oleander-like), Cavanilles. This, the most striking species of the genus, and which, according to Lowe, was introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1848, has a wide range of habitat. It is found in a wild state from New Granada and Guiana to Brazil and Peru, also in Fiji, New Guinea, Samoa, Aneiteum, Northern India, the Phihppines, and the Malaccas, and on the Guinea Coast. Beddome, in his ex- haustive work on " Ferns of British India," states that it is found on the Anamallays, on the Western slopes of the Neilgherries, in ravines in Ouchterlony's Valley, at an elevation of 5000ft., &c. Its mode of growth is pecuhar, it being distinct in this respect, not only amongst Oleandras, but also amongst the whole family of Ferns, The rootstocks or shoots, which attain 4ft. in length and branch freely, are of a hard, woody nature, and as thick as one's little finger ; they are jointed at irregular intervals and covered with brown, adpressed scales, which, in the older portions, are black and shining. A peculiarity. Fi^. 2. Oleandra neriiformis (much reduced).. 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 : Gill
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