142 BRIEF REMARKS. 



whom you hold to be in advance of yourselves to do so ? Put away 

 such fears, they become you not. No evil can be alleged as attendant 

 on the card, whicli does not exist in at least as eminent a degree with- 

 out it. Wliy then should we hesitate ? Tlie grace and finish is 

 admitted by all, even by those who would fain excite your prejudice. 

 An excellent cultivator, writing from Leeds, says, " many here laugh 

 at the idea of showing on cards. However, I was convinced of the 

 merit of the plan, when with you, last year ; and only wish others 

 would go this year, and at all events give the thing a fair trial." 



Gentlemen — I am so convinced of the merit of the system — so con- 

 vinced of its beneficial effect on the culture of these flowers, that all I 

 ask of you is, give it a fair trial. Be assured, the model flower of the 

 north, its faultless outline, spotless purity, and brilliant marking, is as 

 much enhanced by the card as the confused heap of petals your fears 

 may conjure up is aided ; and, my word for it, your opinion will suffer 

 nothing by its adoption. 



One word before I close. At the time I write (April 15), the suc- 

 cess of this movement is decided. Already an expression, unprecedented 

 in its unanimity, has been recorded ; and those who would desire to 

 claim a share in bringing this question to an issue, must be prompt, or 

 be too late. Rest assured, opposition cannot hinder, or supineness 

 retard its progress. 



I am. Gentlemen, your faithful servant, 

 (^Midland Florist.) E. S. Dodwell. 



British Ferns. — The following are the most elegant, and flourish 

 when grown in glass cases : — 



Polypodium Dryopteris, bright green, pretty ; eight inches high. 



vulgare Cambricum, evergreen, lance-shaped ; nine inches. 



AUosorus crispus, parsley-like, very elegant ; six inches. 

 Lastrea oleopteris, lance-shaped, fragrant ; two to three feet. 



Felix mas, lance-shaped, very elegant ; two to three feet. 



■ • rigida, lance-sliaped, very elegant ; one to two feet. 



■ Faenisecii, compound leaves, very elegant ; one to two feet. 



Polystichum Lonchites, evergreen, holly-like, very stiff; one foot. 

 ■ angulare, sub-evergreen, broad lance-shaped, very elegant, two 



to three feet. 

 Cystopteris fragilis, lance-shaped, delicate and pretty ; nine inches. 

 Athyrium Felix-faeminse (Lady Fern), lance-shaped, one of the most 



elegant ; one to three feet. 

 Asplenium Adiantum nigrum, evergreen, glossy ; nine inches. 



marinum, evergreen, glossy, lance-shaped ; nine inches. 



Trichomanes, evergreen, black wiry stalks, narrow leaves ; six 



inches. 

 Ceterach ofRcinarum, lance-shaped, evergreen ; four inches. 

 Scolopendrum vulgare crispum, evergreen, lance-shaped ; one foot. 

 Adiantum capillus-veneris, evergreen, very distinctly elegant ; six inches. 

 Blechnum Spicant, narrow lance-shaped, very elegant ; one to two feet. 

 Trichomanes radicans, transparent, delicate, beautiful ; six inches. 

 Hyraenophylluni Tunbridgiense, moss-like, beautiful, dull green. 

 Osmunda regalis, lance-shaped, almost too large ; but a small plant 



will thrive well, lance-shaped. — Moore on Ferns. 



