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A. hispidulum (maidenhair ferns) ; Hypolepis millefolium (dies 

 to ground in winter) ; H. tenui folia ; Pellaea rotundi folia 

 (tolerates a dry position) ; Histiopteris (Pteris) incisa ; 

 Blechnum* discolor ; B. Banksii ; B. durum ; B. penna 

 marina, syn. alpina ; B. capense ; B. filiforme (high-climbing) ; 



B. Fraseri (a miniature tree-fern with a stem no thicker than 

 a stout walking-stick) ; Asplenium adiantoides, syn. falcatum ; 



A. hicidum ; A. Hookerianum ; A. bulbiferum ; Polystichum 

 vestitum ; P. hispidum ; P. adiantiforme ; Dryopteris (Nephro- 

 dium} glabella ; Nephrolepis cordifolia ; Polypodium tenellum ; 

 P. diversifolium, syn. Billardieri ; any of the species of 

 Gleichenia (these, the remarkable umbrella-ferns, are very 

 difficult to establish in the first instance) ; Lygodium articu- 

 latum (climbing) ; Marattia fraxinea. 



(c.) Ferns that can best be grown in a specially prepared 

 Fernery. 



Adiantum aethiopwim ; Hypolepis distans ; Pteris tremula ; 

 Pt. comans ; Blechnum Pater soni var. elongata ; B. vulcanica ; 



B. lanceolata ; B. ftuviatile ; B. membranacea ; Asplenium 

 umbrosum ; Dryopteris (Nephrodium) decomposita ; D. (Poly- 

 podium) pennigera ; Polypodium pustulatum ; P. novae-zealandiae. 



<d.) Ferns that demand a Constant Moist Atmosphere, so that 

 they can be grown only under Glass in the Shade. 



All the species of Hymenophyllum and Trichomanes (filmy 

 ferns) the handsomest of these are H. demissum, H. bivalve, 

 H. pulcherrimum, H. dilatatum, H. scabrum, H. multifidum, 

 H. ferrugineum syn. aeruginosum ; T. reniforme (kidney-fern) ; 

 T. elongatum. Also the exquisite Todaea (Leptopteris] superba 

 (crape-fern), T. hymenophylloides , and the black - leaved 

 Blechnum nigrum. 



The New Zealand ferns differ considerably in their degree 

 of hardiness, but this has not been indicated specifically, 

 since, in America, they will be used chiefly for glasshouses 

 and decoration indoors. 



* All the ferns here named Blechnum are frequently termed Lomaria. 



