STOVE FEENS. 



native of morasses in the tropics both of the eastern and 

 western hemispheres. 



ADIANTUM. 



The Adiantums are a large family of the most ornamental, 



and best known, perhaps, 

 of any gemis of Ferns. 

 We shall find them grow- 

 ing in the stove, the green- 

 house, and the open air ; 

 though they will all bear 

 the stove, and flourish well 

 in it, providing the more 

 hardy ones have a short 

 season of rest. They may 

 generally be known by 

 their black stalks and deli- 

 cate foliage. 



ADIANTUM BEASILIENSE 

 (Brazilian). A beautiful 

 Brazilian Fern, growing 

 a foot or more high. 

 The fronds are twice-pin- 

 nated that is, the mid- 

 rib sends out side leaflets, 

 and these again send out 

 lesser side leaflets : hence 

 they are termed bipinnate. 

 The stalks are slightly 

 hairy. Requires stove heat, 

 and soil of an open texture. 

 It is evergreen. 



A. CAEDIOCHLffiNA 



(Heart-shaped, referring to 

 Fig. 1. Acrostichum aureum. form of indusium).-A na- 



