Copyright, 1698, by 

 rbORISTS' PLIBUISIIINO CO.. 320-535 Caxton Building, CMICAGO. 



Vol. m. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, DECEMBER 15, 1898. 



No. 55. 



ADIANTUM LEGRANDI. 



The maidenhair family includes a 

 wonderful variety in both size and 

 form, and a collection embracing all 



inches in length and the fronds very 

 compact and closely clothed with 

 small pinnae. In fact the growth in 

 small plants is so close and overlap- 

 ping that the foliage is quite subject 



able that it is a seedling variation 

 from Adiantum Pecottii, which it very 

 much resembles, the chief distinction 

 apparently being found in the longer 

 leaf stems of A. Legrandi, while both 

 varieties present the same dark green 

 color of the foliage. As a trade fern 

 A. Legrandi has not become promi- 

 nent, and as a matter of fact it is less 

 frequently seen in trade collections 

 now than it was a few years ago, the 

 demand in this line being confined to 

 ferns that are more sturdy and less 

 brittle. 



The culture of A. Legrandi presents 

 no special difiiculty, apart from the 

 liability to damping that has already 

 been alluded to, and by keeping the 

 water off the foliage and giving free 

 ventilation, the trouble from this 

 cause may be reduced greatly. 



In getting up specimens of these 

 small growing adiantums for exhibi- 

 tion purposes, it is a good plan to 

 group several young plants in a pan 

 about 10 inches in diameter, and a 

 shapely plant may thus be formed In 

 a few months by treating them in the 

 same manner as one would A. cunea- 

 tum for a similar purpose. 



W. H. TAPLIN. 



Adiantum Legrandi. 



the distinct forms grown into speci- 

 mens would occupy a very large house. 

 The variety we now illustrate be- 

 longs to the dwarf section, the stipes 

 or stems being usually but a few 



to damping off unless the house in 

 which it is grown is kept well venti- 

 lated. 



Regarding the origin of this fern 

 but little is known, and it seems prob- 



PROPAGATING HARDY SHRUBS. 



How should I propagate altheas, 

 tamarix and Hydrangea paniculata 

 grandiflora? w. 



Altheas and tamarix strike very 

 easily from cuttings of the ripe wood 

 taken in fall, — say December, and 

 kr^pt in small bundles buried in sand, 

 Icam, sawdust or moss in a shed or 

 cool cellar or even out of doors till 

 early spring, when they are unearthed 

 and r'.anted thickly in straight nur- 

 sery rows in beds. The cuttings may be 

 six or eight inches long. In fact we 

 have found that cuttings of these 

 shrubs taken in spring, any time before 

 they leaf out strike fairly well, es- 



