1o0 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
culture and while it can be made to succeed, do not 
waste time in trying it until you have mastered the 
growing of the hardier sorts. 
However, just because Farleyense is so delicate, 
do not feel that you cannot have any maidenhair 
fern. Croweanum is another beautiful adiantum, 
and as its fronds are much firmer than those of most 
of this class, it withstands the trying conditions of 
house culture very satisfactorily. Another maiden- 
hair, often called the hardy Farleyense, is Adiantum 
c. v. tmbricatum. As its name suggests, it looks 
very much like the Farley fern, but it is suitable for 
house culture. It is a very satisfactory fern. And 
just recently there is another from England called 
the Glory fern (Glory of Moordrecht). I have not 
seen it, but certainly from photographs and what the 
horticultural journals have said of it, it will make a 
very fine fern for the winter garden. 
THE SPIDER FERNS 
The name given Pteris ferns is descriptive of only 
part of them, as they vary greatly. They are com- 
monly used in made up dishes, or with other plants, 
but most of them will make fine single plants as well. 
P. Wilsoni is a popular sort making a compact plant 
with a unique tufted foliage of light clear green. 
P. cretica is dark green, or green lined with white, 
according to the variety. Victorie is perhaps the 
best of the several variegated Pteris’. 
