FERNS GROWN IN WARDIAN CASES. 1 37 



lowing descriptive list of the most suitable and ornamental, I extract 

 from the Magazine of Botany, which will be a guide to purchasers. 



Most of the following sorts mentioned are to be obtained without 

 much difficulty : — 



Polypodium Dryopteris. — Bright green, delicate, and pretty ; frgnds 

 nearly triangular in outline, annual ; height four to eight inches ; 

 caudex creeping. 



Polypodium vulgare camhricum. — Evergreen ; fronds broadly lance- 

 shaped, with a kind of fringed margin ; height six to ten inches ; 

 caudex creeping. 



Allosorus crispus. — Very elegant, parsley-like ; fronds almost tri- 

 angular in outline, annual ; height four to six inches ; caudex tufted. 



Lastrea Oreopteris. — A sweet-scented Fern ; fronds lance-shaped in 

 outline, annual ; height one and a-half to two or three feet ; caudex 

 tufted. 



Lastrea Filix-mas. — One of the commonest, but a very elegant 

 Fern ; fronds lance-shaped in outline, annual ; height two to three feet ; 

 caudex tufted. 



Lastrea ricjida. — Very elegant ; fronds lance-shaped in outline, 

 annual; height one to two feet; caudex tufted. 



Lastrea Fanisecii. — Very elegant and compound ; fronds nearly 

 triangular in outline, annual ; height one to two feet ; caudex tufted. 



Polystichum Lonchitis. — Very rigid and holly-like, evergreen ; 

 fronds narrowly lance-shaped in outline ; height six inches to one foot ; 

 caudex tufted. 



Polystichum angulure. — Very elegant and graceful, sub-evergreen ; 

 fronds broadly lance-shaped, drooping ; height two to three feet ; 

 caudex tufted. 



Cystopteris fragilis. — Very delicate and pretty ; fronds lance-shaped 

 in outline, annual ; height six to ten inches ; caudex tufted. There 

 are several varieties, all of which are very interesting. 



Athyrium Filix-femina. — The Lady Fern, one of the most elegant ; 

 fronds lance-shaped in outline, drooping, annual ; height one to three 

 feet; caudex tufted. There are several varieties, of which one is like 

 a dwarf-curled parsley, but the most elegant has tassel led pinnae. 



Asjdetiium Adiantum-nigrum. — Evergreen and glossy ; fronds elon- 

 gate, triangular in outline ; height six inches to a foot ; caudex tufted. 



Asplenium marinum. — Evergreen and glossy, dense in its habit ; 

 fronds lance-shaped in outline ; height six to ten inches ; caudex 

 tufted. 



Asplenium Trichomanes. — Evergreen, with black wiry stalks ; fronds 

 very narrow ; heiglit about six inches ; caudex tufted. 



Celerach offi.ci?iarum. — Evergreen ; fronds lance shaped in outline, 

 green above, scurfy beneath ; height about four inches ; caudex 

 tufted. 



Scolopendrium vulgare crispum. — Evergreen and very distinct in 

 appearance ; fronds narrow lance-shaped, undivided, the margins 

 crisped ; height, eigiit inches to a foot ; caudex tufted. 



Adiantum Capillus-veneris. — Evergreen, and very elegant and dis- 

 tinct ; fronds irregular, but somewhat ovate in outline, the little wedge- 



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