Copyright, 1899, bv 

 rUORISTS' PUBLISHING GO., 520-535 Caxton Building, CHICAGO. 



Vol. m. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 9, 1899. 



No. 63. 



ADIANTUM WIEGANDII. 



A few years since a much greater 

 variety of ferns seemed to be grown 

 for florists' use than is now found 

 among the large trade growers. It Is 

 evidently a case of the survival of the 

 fittest, or rather of the species and 

 varieties thit may be produced in 

 large quantities with a minimum ex- 



penditure of time and labor. Adian- 

 tum Wiegandii iS one of those varie- 

 ties that has almost disappeared with- 

 in a few years, though it is not a par- 

 ticularly tender fern, or one that is 

 difflcult to reproduce. 



We mention it as a variety rather 

 than a species, because it seems proba- 

 ble that this fern is a form of Adian- 

 tum capillus-veneris, or else a cross 



Adiantum Wiegandii. 



between that species and A. cuneatiim, 

 its origin being somerwhat obscure. 

 But be this as it may, the fern in ques- 

 tion is a very attractive plant of dwarf 

 and sturdy growth, the fronds being 

 almost upright, having black stems 

 and rather large pinnae that are in- 

 clined to be cristate. 



A. Wiegandii is compact in habit 

 and in a large plant reaches a height 

 of 12 to 15 inches, and holds its foliage 

 in good condition during the winter. 

 This fern comes freely from spores, 

 the latter being plentifully borne by 

 plants a year old and upwards, and the 

 seedlings soon become satisfactory 

 plants in 3-inch pots if treated in the 

 same manner as A. cuneatum, a night 

 temperature of GO degrees being a 

 proper mark at which to carry these 

 ferns. 



But little trouble is experienced 

 from "damping" of the foliage with A. 

 Wiegandii during the winter, even 

 when grown quite close together, the 

 regular use of the hose having less ef- 

 fect upon this fern than is often found 

 with adiantums of low and compact 

 habit. Thoroughly matured fronds 

 stand "well when cut, and the small 

 plants will last longer than those of A. 

 cuneatum in a fern pan, providing 

 they are not used in too soft a condi- 

 tion. W. H. TAPLIN. 



A WELL KEPT CONSERVATORY. 



A thoroughly stocked and well kept 

 conservatory is always a most inter- 

 esting place to a plant lover, and just 

 such a conservatory as this may be 

 found in the private establishment of 

 Mr. Wm. Brown, at Flatbush, Long 

 Island. There are doubtless many 

 larger ranges of glass to be found 

 among the private places of the East, 

 but few are kept In a better average 

 condition. 



It is, however, impossible tio include 



