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P. CEETICA ALBO-LINEATA (White-lined). Tliis extremely 

 beautiful variegated Fern was introduced from Java a few 

 years ago. The plants were forwarded to the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens at Kew, where the plant was rapidly increased from 

 spores, and in less than a year had been widely distributed 

 through the country. It is now pretty plentiful ; and as it will 

 bear being cultivated in the greenhouse, though it by no means 

 objects to stove heat, it is a great and valuable acquisition. 

 While young it looks very beautiful in a Wardian case. 



P. KINGIANA (Capt. King's). Found in Norfolk Island 

 only. Fronds partly bipinnate, 2 feet high, and rather 

 spreading ; pinnae long lance-shaped, hanging down with sharp 

 cut edges. 



P. SCABEEULA (Boughish). A perfect little gem, introduced 

 a few years ago from New Zealand. The fronds, which are not 

 more than 8 or 9 inches long, are divided into very fine seg- 

 ments ; they are triangular in outline, spreading horizontally, 

 and of a light green colour. It can only be satisfactorily 

 divided in the spring. It should be grown near the glass in 

 the greenhouse, but by no means exposed to cutting draughts 

 of air. 



P. SEREULATA var. AXGTJSTA (Finely-serrated). A pretty 

 miniature arching Fern, in which the acuminate divisions of 

 the bipinnate fronds are much smaller and narrower than in 

 the common state of the plant. Very desirable for small Fern 

 cases. Garden variety. 



P. TEEMULA (Shaking). A common New-Zealand Fern. 

 Fronds many-times-divided, spreading, growing 2 or 3 feet 

 long ; pinnae broadly line-shaped, and hollowed-out at the 

 edges. We find this very handsome free -growing Fern springs 

 up from spores freely on the soil, in the pots, wherever it 

 grows. 



P. UMBEOSA (Shading). This handsome Fern is very 

 common in New South Wales. Fronds 2 feet high, bipinnate 

 on the lower part of the frond, and only pinnate on the upper 



