. 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. A SPLENIUM. 653 Betsome, in the parish of Southfleet, in Kent. It groweth likewise upon stone walls at Her Majesty's (Queen Elizabeth's) Palace of Richmond, and on most stone walls of the west and north parts of ; According to the situation which A. Trichomanes occupies, its fronds, linear (long and narrow) an
. 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. A SPLENIUM. 653 Betsome, in the parish of Southfleet, in Kent. It groweth likewise upon stone walls at Her Majesty's (Queen Elizabeth's) Palace of Richmond, and on most stone walls of the west and north parts of ; According to the situation which A. Trichomanes occupies, its fronds, linear (long and narrow) and only once divided to the midrib (Fig. 129), vary from 6in. to 12in. in length ; they are borne on slender, glossy stalks 2in. to 4in. long and of a peculiar chestnut-brown colour, and are furnished with from fifteen to thirty pairs of dark green leaflets, scarcely stalked and of a some- what leathery texture. These are usually roundish-oblong, obliquely wedge-shaped at the base, and toothed all round, yet variable in form. The fructification is dis- tributed over the frond, and the. sori (spore masses), disposed in m 12g Asplenium Trichomanes linear, oblique lines of three to <tnat-size)- six on each side of the midrib, become confluent when fully developed and entirely cover the under-side of the leaflets.—Hooker, Species Filicum, hi., p. 136. Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 147. Eaton, Ferns of North America, i„ t. 36. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, v., t. 22 ; Our Native Ferns, ii., t. 46. The Maidenhair Spleenwort may be propagated either by means of its spores, which are generally ripe in August and germinate freely, or, as is most commonly the case, by the division of its crowns. In the latter case it is best to select, as far as practicable, plants growing on hedge-banks, as it is somewhat difficult to safely remove those which grow amongst bricks and stones, and the operation, to be successful, should be performed during March and April. Hardy as it is, t
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