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graceful arching outlines. First-rate for the cool house and the 

 fern case. We have had a fine specimen in a case in the entrance 

 hall for nearly five years, and its healthy aud luxuriant condition is 

 unsurpassable. A. fabianum, A. laxum, A. mertensianum, and A. 

 Shuttleworthianum are varieties of A. bulbifemm. 



62. Asplenium dvmorphwm, sometimes labelled " A. biformis." — 

 A grand species, often confounded with bulbiferum, but inexcusably 

 so, for they are perfectly distinct. Independent of its fine arching, 

 ample, glossy fronds, this species is interesting on account of the 

 distinct characters of its barren and fertile fronds ; the first being 

 broad and leafy, the second finely cut with linear pinnules. Grows 

 freely planted out in a cool house, makes a fine specimen, and will 

 thrive to perfection in a close case. 



ASPLENIUM MYlllorHYLLUM. 



63. Asplenium fldbellifolium. — A lovely little fern for suspended 

 baskets, in a case, or to plant high up on a rockery, in a cool house, 

 or to stick into a chink in a damp wall, in the shady part of the 

 stove. 



64. Asplenium Tiemionitis, better known as A. palmatum. — A 

 bold, showy fern, with broad palmate fronds, on which the sori are 

 produced in beautiful lines. Figured in Floral World, Vol. V. 

 (1862), p. 217. One of the best case ferns known ; also fine for 



