110 THE FORCING GARDEN. 



seed of the different species and put it into a fine paper 

 packet, sealed quite close, and put this packet into your 

 waistcoat pocket and carry it there for a month. Then 

 sow it in seed pans filled with rough peat, well watered 

 before sowing ; and after it is sown place a bell glass 

 over it and keep the pans in a shady place in the warm 

 house. Fern seed soon germinates. 



The most desirable sorts are the Adiantums, which 

 genus includes the Maiden-hairs : the Farley ense, A. 

 cuneatum, Formosum, Concinnum, Gracillinum, a most 

 delicate Fern, and Trapeziforme, a splendid foliaged 

 kind. Onoclea sensibilis, another very handsome light 

 green and fine bold foliaged sort ; Petris serrulata, and 

 P. crestata, Grymnogramma chrysophilla, the Grolden 

 Fern, and the Parsley Fern are all very beautiful and 

 handsome varieties. 



