110 THE FORCING GARDEN. 
seed of the different species and put it into a fine paper 
packet, sealed quite close, and put this packet into your 
waistcoat pocket and carry itthere fora month. Then 
sow it in seed pans filled with rough peat, well watered 
before sowing; and after it is sown place a bell glass 
over it and keep the pans in a shady place in the warm 
house. Fern seed soon germinates. 
The most desirable sorts are the Adiantums, which 
genus includes the Maiden-hairs :—the Farleyense, A. 
cuneatum, Formosum, Concinnum, Gracillinum, a most 
delicate Fern, and Trapeziforme, a splendid foliaged 
kind. Onoclea sensibilis, another very handsome light 
green and fine bold foliaged sort; Petris serrulata, and 
P. crestata, Gymnogramma chrysophilla, the Golden 
Fern, and the Parsley Fern are all very beautiful and 
handsome varieties. 
