. A history of British ferns. Ferns. 248 GREEN SPLEENWORT. to Ray, &c. I should add, that the late Mr. Samuel Gibson, of Hebden Bridge, obliged me by the sight of specimens which had the pinnae lanceolate and acute : he proposed to call this form Asplenium viride, var. acutifolium. Cttltett. This fern is of easy culture in the open air, provided the soil be light and the atmosphere humid. In a greenhouse it is very uncertain, thriving well for the first or perhaps the second year, but afterwards refusing to renovate its fronds, from some inex- plicable cause. A compost, consisting of chips
. A history of British ferns. Ferns. 248 GREEN SPLEENWORT. to Ray, &c. I should add, that the late Mr. Samuel Gibson, of Hebden Bridge, obliged me by the sight of specimens which had the pinnae lanceolate and acute : he proposed to call this form Asplenium viride, var. acutifolium. Cttltett. This fern is of easy culture in the open air, provided the soil be light and the atmosphere humid. In a greenhouse it is very uncertain, thriving well for the first or perhaps the second year, but afterwards refusing to renovate its fronds, from some inex- plicable cause. A compost, consisting of chips of micaceous rocks, sand, peat, and a slight admixture of thoroughly decayed leaf-mould, seems best adapted to its requirements: it also needs good drainage, and likes to be covered with a bell glass. When successfully grown it is a very pretty plant, but I regret to say that its usual appearance is shabby and ill-conditioned. The next species is readily cultivated on brick walls, amongst stones, or on an ordinary rockery: it prefers a northern 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 Newman, Edward, 1801-1876. London, J. van Voorst
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