60 STOVE FEBNS. 



leaved). A Brazilian Fern, with fronds 2 feet long; they are 

 pinnate, and the pinnae, or leaflets, are smooth, shining, and 

 of a dark green. Many of these pinnae form little buds at 

 the end, which, in a damp stove, soon put out roots ; and, if 

 these are carefully cut off and planted shallow in a pot, under 

 a bell-glass, they soon make good plants. 



G-. PENNIGEEA (Feathered). Though this elegant Fern is 

 a native of ISTew Zealand, it requires the stove to grow it to 

 its greatest beauty. The barren fronds grow 1^ foot long, are 

 spread open, and pinnate ; the pinnae are covered thinly with 

 short hairs, and are of a long, narrow shape, like feathers. 

 The fertile fronds grow more erect than the others. The 

 spore-masses are placed in the middle, between the main ribs 

 on the angle of the smaller veins. Increased by dividing the 

 creeping rhizome. A very beautiful medium-sized Fern, 

 worthy of general cultivation. 



G. PEOLIFEEA (Proliferous). This is a most curious and 

 interesting East-Indian Fern. The fronds are once-divided, 

 with lanceolate divisions. The peculiarity about the plant is 

 that it will make a frond 3 or 4 feet long, which, if allowed 

 to touch the soil, will make roots at the point, and then start 

 on again in the same direction, so that it will soon get from 

 one end of the house to the other. 



Gr. BEPTANS (Creeping). A pretty little creeping Fern from 

 Jamaica. The once-divided fronds lie almost flat upon the 

 soil, and, rooting at the points, soon produce a numerous pro- 

 geny of young plants. The fronds are about 9 inches long. 

 It has a neat habit, and is well worthy of cultivation, though 

 it is not often seen in gardens. 



This genus is not generally a favourite one with Fern- 

 growers- We have, therefore, described enough, probably, 

 and may content ourselves with adding the names of a few 

 others which are in cultivation: Gr. aspenoides, G. gracilis, 

 G. megalodes (or obliterate*), Cr. serrulata, and G. tetragona. 

 All from the West Indies and tropical America. 





