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Such a pit would also accommodate many other gems, — as Anoma- 

 theca cruenta, Vieusseuxia pavonia and glaucopis, Tigridias, Cum- 

 mingia trimaculata, &c. 



Another hardy bulbous plant is Zephyranthes Candida, formerly 

 called Amaryllis Candida, which — a rather uncommon character 

 amongst bulbs — produces its pretty white blossoms in September. 

 All the culture required is to preserve the leaves from injury while 

 growing, and to take up and separate the bulbs when the tufts get 

 too large. Associated with this is Sternbergia lutea, the flowers of 

 which are of a rich yellow colour. These planted alternately along 

 the margin of a flower-bed have a very good effect. 



Some other bulbous-rooted flowers, especially the genera Gladi- 

 olus and Iris, remain to be noticed on another occasion. 



J. B. Whiting. 



REMARKS ON BRITISH FERNS. 



[Continued from p. 152.] 



AspiDiUM ACULEATUM. In tliis instancc I shall make free with an 

 article of my own in the Gardener s and Farmer s Journal, published 

 in May 1847. Some of the readers of the Florist may not have 

 seen that paper at the time ; and as I have nothing to add to what 

 was then expressed relative to the present plant and A. lobatum, 

 I shall give them entirely as they there stand. It is true, I then 

 omitted to notice the beautiful Fern known by the name of A. Loncbi- 

 tidoides, which appears to partake of my A. aculeatum and the 

 A. Lonchitis ; but I think more of the former. Light sandy loam 

 suits them all, and they are not particular as to situation. 



I have had the above Fern under constant cultivation for nearly 

 thirty years ; during which long period it follows that I must have 

 had many opportunities afforded me of observing its progress in every 

 stage of growth, even from the development of the reproductive 

 organs (which, by the way, I may just as well here observe, have 

 much the appearance, like many other Ferns in that state, of Junger- 

 mannia pinguis, and are apparently analogous to the cotyledons of 

 phanerogamous plants, and, like them, are different in appearance 

 and substance according to their respective genera,) to fronds of 

 from three to five feet high, and invariably found it to keep suf- 

 ficiently distinct from its relative, A. lobatum. At no very remote 

 period they were both extremely plentiful in this part of West Kent, 

 sometimes growing together, but more frequently individually, and 

 many miles apart. However, at the present time they are rarely to 

 be found. If I am not greatly mistaken, my recorded A. aculeatum, 

 in another place, is now the A. lobatum of another. Be this as it 

 may, it matters but very little, either to the object I have in view, 

 whether it be called A. aculeatum or A. lobatum ; as either name, in 



