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best for the purpose being jlaccidum, and for small baskets 

 obtufilobum is a pretty species. This makes long, slender 

 stolons (or runners), like a strawberry, on which young 

 plants are produced. 



In Adiantums we have some which make very pretty 

 basket plants. A. assimile is one of the best. A. 

 Moorei, perhaps better known as A. amabile by many, 

 is another fine basket Fern, but has the disadvantage of 

 being semi-deciduous. For small baskets, A. ciliatum, 

 also known as Edgworthi, and A. dolabriforme, are very 

 pretty, producing young plants at the extremities of each 

 frond, and these young plants will go on reproducing 

 again while they are on the parent. When hung in 

 a position where there is heat and a little atmospheric 

 moisture, they make very pretty subjects for hanging- 

 baskets. There are many other Adiantums which do 

 well ; even A. Farleyense, if properly treated, makes a 

 handsome Basket-Fern. 



Many of the Davallias are particularly suited for the 

 purpose, for where the rhizomes can spread they soon 

 cover the whole surface. Among the best are D. dissecta, 

 D. decora, D. bullata, Tyermanni, and Griffithiana. The 

 Japanese variety of bullata, known as Mariesi, though 

 deciduous, is one of the best. The new fronds are 

 produced very soon after the old ones have died off. 

 D. immersa (more generally known as Leucostegia immersa) 

 makes a pretty Basket-Fern : this is deciduous, and 

 remains dormant all through the winter. The rhizomes 

 will run all through the soii, and even when grown in 

 pots, if they can get through the bottom, they will do 

 so and make fronds. 



Gymnogramma schizophylla gloriosa is a very handsome 

 Fern, but only succeeds well in the stove. 



Platycerium alclcorne (the ordinary Stag's-horn Fern) 

 may be recommended. It may take some time, yet 

 when the roots do get through, young plants will 



