26 THE FLORIST. 



bourliood of Torpoint you will see the rare Ceterach officinarum 

 growing so thickly, that you can scarcely place the tip of a finger 

 between the plants. Walking on, we come to some high banks 

 on either side of the road, and stop to admire the noble bunches 

 of the Hart's Tongue hanging its shisiing fronds, in company with 

 Lastrea dilatata, intermixing with forms of other allied species. And 

 now look at that famous crown of Basket Fern {Lastrea Filix mas) ; 

 and well it answers to its local name, each frond standing nearly, if 

 not fully, five feet high ; it? erect and somewhat stiff form relieved 

 and broken by the graceful fronds of Lastrea spinulosa, and the 

 variety dilatata intermingled with plants of the northern Hard Fern 

 {Lomaria sp'tcans), which latter, as we get farther west, appears al- 

 most to form the hedge of itself, so thickly do its stiff comb-like 

 fronds overlap each other. Below that thick velvety covering of 

 Dicranum taxifolium, by the water w^hich crosses the road, you will 

 find the little neat Cornish Moneywort {Sibthorpia Europcea), with 

 its somewhat round, hairy foliage. ,We will now go into Pelgut 

 parish, and search the woods at Trelawney for the beautiful and 

 scarce little filmy Fern, Hymenophyllum Tunhridgense, which is said 

 to be found there, as well as at the waterfall at Trebartha : here, 

 among the long soft featherlike moss, indeed it is, with many of the 

 last year's fronds still retaining their freshness, and laden w^ith fruc- 

 tification. Here are also plants of the close-leaved prickly Shield 

 Fern {Polystichum Johatum) ; and in darker nooks of the wood some 

 of the soft prickly Shield Fern {Polystichum angidare), waving their 

 graceful fronds. On that slate rock you will see the Marchantia 

 polymorpha throwing up its inflorescence like miniature Palm-trees ; 

 and the old Pollard above seems almost compensated for the loss of 

 its leaves by the thick coating of the Common Polypody {Polypodium 

 vulgare), the evergreen fronds of which are hanging in various direc- 

 tions about its ragged branches, w^hile the trunk itself is covered with 

 various- coloured Lichens and Jungermannia. 



In another month we will again explore the country, in hope of 

 finding fresh subjects of interest in the early budding of the first 

 spring flowers, which some time in February begin to peep from their 

 winter quarters. 



Tregoning. Jesse Barraqw^eneth. 



A FEW SELECT STOVE-CLIMBERS. 



Stephanotis floribunda. This is certainly one of the most lovely 

 sto\e-chmbers ever introduced. Ii has charming waxy-white flowers, 

 which are borne in large umbels, and in great profusion, from the 

 axils of its dark -green foliage; they are, moreover, deliciously 

 scented, and remain a long time in perfection. The time of bloom- 

 ing is from May to July. It succeeds well in a compost of turfy 

 loam, peat, and half-decomposed leaf- mould, with a portion of silver- 

 sand, and is much benefited if planted out where the roots can have 



