. 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. 454 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. from two to eight to each pinna, are disposed midway between the midrib and the edge.—Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 6. A. grandiceps—gran'-dic-eps (large-headed). A name applied to varieties of A. acrostichoides and A. angulare. A. heracleifolium—he-rac-le-if-ol'-i-uin (Heracleum-leaved). A
. 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. 454 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. from two to eight to each pinna, are disposed midway between the midrib and the edge.—Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 6. A. grandiceps—gran'-dic-eps (large-headed). A name applied to varieties of A. acrostichoides and A. angulare. A. heracleifolium—he-rac-le-if-ol'-i-uin (Heracleum-leaved). A variety of A. Fig. 67. Frond of Aspidium Hookeri (i nat. size). A. (Cyclodium) Hookeri—Cy-clo'-di-mn ; Hook'-er-i (Hooker's), Baker. This evergreen, stove Fern, native of the Malay Archipelago,, has entirely the habit of an ordinary Nephrodimn, and is of a similarly soft texture ; but it is essentially different therefrom through the involucre (covering of the spore. 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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