1883.] 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



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in as big a bundle as will conveniently go through on slender black stipes, arching over elegantly at 

 your flue and keep at see-sawing — so to speak — the top, and dividing into from four to six hnear 

 until your flue is clean. pinnae. The red color of the young fronds adds. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Adiantum tetraphvllum gracile. — This 

 beautiful Maiden-hair fern was sent by one of the 

 collectors of Mr. Wm. Bull from the United States 

 of Colombia. It is of moderate stature, and remark- 

 able for the beautiful reddish tint assumed by its 

 fronds when first developed, and continuing until 

 they are fairly expanded. The fronds are bipinnate. 



! very much to the ornamental aspect of the plant, 

 I which is moreover of an elegant mode of growth. 



ToDEAS at Glasnevin. — The house devoted to 

 j Filmy Ferns is in a well shaded position. It is 

 ' not usually open to the public, as the delicate 

 leaves would be easily injured, and cold draughts 

 I of air are especially hurtful to them, though even 

 1 in the coldest weather no artificial heat is given. 

 ' Todeas grow there to perfection. The largest 



