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GREENHOUSE FERNS. 



two-thirds of the length of the frond, the rest being naked. 

 It produces roots and a plant at the end of each full-grown 

 frond : by these it must be propagated. 



A. FURCATUM (Forked). A native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, India, and Malayan 

 Archipelago, of great beauty. Fronds 

 bipinnate or twice-divided, growing 1^ foot 

 high; pinnae sharp, oblong. Leaflets wedge- 

 shaped, with a deep incision at the top. 

 Stalks covered with brown scales. Hoot- 

 stock round, slender, and creeping. In- 

 creased by division. 



A. HEMIONITIS. See A.palmatum. 

 A. LUCIDUM (Shining), Fig. 60. Native 

 of New Zealand. Fronds 2 feet long, 

 leathery and shining, pinnated and lance- 

 shaped : pinna3 with long-stemmed leaflets, 

 wedge-shaped and serrate, or cut. 



A. MARINUM (Sea-side). Though a native 

 of Britain, on the rocks near the sea, this 

 Fern never thrives well in gardens in the 

 open air. In the greenhouse, on the con- 

 trary, it grows remarkably fine, much larger 

 than it is ever found wild. We have had 

 plants with fronds 18 inches long. At Sion 

 House, the seat of the Duke of Northumber- 

 land, it may be seen forming quite a bush, 

 2 feet high and as much through. It is 

 found, also, in the Channel Islands, the 

 south of Europe, Madeira, Teneriffe, in 

 India, and the North of Africa. Fronds 

 Fig. 60. Aspienium long, lanceolate, pinnate, and dark green; 

 naturalize.)"" pinnae oblong, rounded at the apex, sharply 

 cut at the edges. Stalk winged. Increased by division. 

 There are several varieties of A. marinum, and, like the parent 



