April :;4, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



341 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



WIIOI-KSALE FI.OKIST, 

 5 S. Molo St., rhlladrlphln, P>. 

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 ■ Del a full line «f all other Greens. 



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WHOLESALE FLORIST 



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One Writer Asserts That Adiantum 

 Cuneatum Has Merits That Sur- 

 pass Those of All the Others. 



Muny claim that the Pteris is the 

 most ii.iotiil I'erii. ami. while this may 

 be so in some respects, it is doubtful if 

 the Pteris famll.v Renerally has ever 

 altained to the popularity achieved, 

 and held, by the Maidenhair Fern — 

 Adiantum cuneatum. Grown under 

 comparatively cool conditions, this will 

 endure quite as much bad treatment as 

 the majority of the Pterises. and there 

 can be no comparison between the two 

 when the respective value of the 

 fronds for cutting is in question. 

 Judged by the latter point, says a 

 writer in Gardening Illustrated, I 

 venture to assert that A. cuneatum is 

 ea.sily the most popular and the most 

 useful of all ferns. For use in vases 

 on the table when these receptacles 

 are required to be covered with fo- 

 liage, what is more suitable? Is a 

 group of small plants of a light, yet 

 attractive, nature desired, then A. 

 cuneatum proves its value. 



In plant-houses very few Ferns tonii 

 such effective and graceful foils tn 

 flowering plants, and. in addition to 

 this, a supply of fronds can be relied 

 upon for cutting at any season of the 

 year. There is no doubt that A. cunea- 

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 brought into bad repute because plants 

 grown for sale have been rushed along 

 in warm and moist houses. No plant 

 grown under such conditions will last 

 very long when removed from such a 

 house and placed in a window or in an 

 unheated room. Had these plants so 

 grown been gradually inured to a 

 lower temperature — hardened off. in 

 fact — they would have given a much 

 better account of themselves. 



Those who may have to provide a 

 regular supply of fronds for cutting arc 

 aware of the latter fact. Their Adian- 

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 fortable and fairly moist temperature. 

 they are aftei-wards removed to a cool- 

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 customed to plenty of air and fully ex- 

 posed to the light. Grown in such a 

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 wiry character, and when cut there is 

 no question as to their lasting quali- 

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 easily increased by division, but seed- 

 lings are equally easily raised, and 

 these can be relied upon to grow into 

 good sized s|)ecimens in a short time. 

 Except where specimen plants are 

 needed, it is more profitable to raise a 

 batch of seedlings annually, and to dis- 

 pose of superfluous plants at the end 

 of the third season. 



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