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GLASS-HOUSES 



Owing to the small size of the house, the collection of 

 Stove Ferns is strictly limited. Species which will stand a 

 more temperate atmosphere are grown at the back of the 

 Conservatory No. 4, where also are a few specimens of 

 larger growth, such as the Tree Ferns of the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, Dicksonia and Alsophila. 



Large examples of Davallia polyantha, and of D. elegans, 

 will at once attract attention, and so will two fine specimens 

 of Marattia cooperi. 



In the Stag's-horn Fern, Platy cerium alricorne, the fertile 

 fronds branch like a reindeer's horn, whilst the sterile ones 

 form great green discs upon the tree on which it grows. 



The Filmy Ferns are housed in a Wardian case in No. 12 

 Green-house. 



The collection includes : 



Ord. i. HYMENOPHYLLACEAE 

 Todea hymenophylloides 

 Trichomanes radicans 



var. albamense 



var. cambricum 



var. exsectum 



var. luschnatianum 



Ord. 2. POLYPODIACEAE 



Fam. i. Davallieae 

 Davallia affinis 

 ,, alpina 

 ,, bullata 

 ,, elegans 

 platyphylla 

 ,, polyantha 

 ,, tenuifolia veitchiana 

 , , wallichiana 

 Fam. 2. Pterideae 

 Pteris argyrea 

 ,, flexuosa 

 , hirsuta 



Ord. 2. POLYPODIACEAE (cont.} 



Pteris marattiaefolia 

 ,, mariesii 



Adiantum bausei 



,, cardiochlaena 



,, concinnum latum 



,, dolabriforme 



,, formosum 



,, grandis 



,, hispidum 



,, pecottei 



,, pubescens 



, , rhodophyllum 



,, tenerum 



,, trapeziforme 



Fam. 3. Asplenieae 

 Asplenium inequale 



,, thelypteroides, var. 

 .- , cristatum 



Blechnum braziliensis 



,, gracile 

 Lomaria gibba 



