208 THE FERN PARADISE. 



fronds, and, indeed, in a great measure on both 

 sides of the fronds of Angulare. The green 

 colour of the leaflets in Angulare is also in general 

 much lighter oftentimes, in fact, a yellowish or 

 golden kind of green than is the case with 

 Aculeatum. More than this, the bristles on the 

 points of the leaflets are not so sharp-set or so 

 prominent in Angulare as in Aculeatum. The 

 fronds of the Soft Prickly Shield Fern are, too, 

 more closely set together around the crown, more 

 regular in their arrangement, and more gracefully 

 and compactly placed shuttlecock fashion. So 

 closely, indeed, are the frond-stems set together, 

 and so densely clothed with rust-coloured scales, 

 that, in well grown specimens, they form quite 

 a cup or hollow, and give the appearance of a 

 circular wall rising on the crown of the plant, and 

 completely clothed with a beautiful drapery of 

 reddish scales. 



Under cultivation the same conditions will 

 apply to Angulare as those which apply to 

 Aculeatum. The latter, however, appears more 

 hardy and better able to withstand the frosts, 



