XVI LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



munda, enlarged ; 6, sorus of Marattia, enlarged ; 7, sorus ot 

 Aspidium, enlarged ; 8, portion of a frond of Gymnogramme, en- 

 larged to show the fruiting ; 9, fruit of Pteris ; 10, stem of Pteris ; 

 a, frond of the present season ; b, frond for next season ; c, con- 

 tinuation of stem ; d, the leaf -bud for the third season ; 11, root of 

 a fern ; a, root-cap ; l>, point of growth ; c, older portion of root. 



PLATE VI. Cheilanthes Coopera, Eaton. 



PLATE VII. Dicksonia antarctica, Labill. From a plant six 

 feet high. . 



PLATE VIII. i, saucer and bell-glass, and, 2, pan and glass, 

 for raising sporelings ; 3, tall flower-pot ; 4, pan showing holes 

 for drainage ; 5, open-work pan ; 6, flower-pot, with flattened back 

 7, ordinary flower-pot. 



PLATE IX. Window jardiniere. 



PLATE X. Cheilanthes lanuginosa, Ntitt. 



PLATE XI. Iron-framed fernery. 



PLATE XII. Cheilanthes Calif arnica, Mett. 



PLATE XIII. Eastlake fernery. 



PLATE XIV. Camptosorus rhizophyllus, Link. 



PLATE XV. Home-made fernery : i, side-view complete ; 2, 

 corner ; 3, 4, sections to show method of construction. 



PLATE XVI. Asplenium ruta-muraria, L. 



PLATE XVII. Fernery with base of black stone-ware. 



PLATE XVIII. i. Cocoanut-shell basket ; 2, Japanese fern- 

 stand ; 3, Russian fern-stand. 



PLATE XIX. Botrychiiim Lunaria, Sw. ; Botrychium boreale, 

 Milde ; showing enlarged fruit of the latter. 



PLATE XX. i, cocoanut-husk with stag-horn fern; 2, wire 

 basket with Davallia ; 3, wire cylinder with ferns, showing method 

 of construction. 



PLATE XXI. Chinese fern-stand. 



PLATE XXII. Fern-pests (cuts loaned by Dr. Packard) : i, 

 Aleurodes vaporarium^ Westwood, and, 4, pupa of the same; 2, 

 Hcliothrips hcemorrhoidalis, Haliday ; 3, A bia caprifolii, Norton ; 

 5, Lecanium platycerii^ Packard ; 6, Coccus adoniditm^ L. ; 7, Leca- 

 nium fiHcum, Boisd., 'seen from beneath ; 8, the same seen from 

 above ; 9, Aphis. All the figures are more or less magnified. 



