OR, THE HOME-CULTURE OF FRESH- WATER PLANTS. 



To these may be added the following, which I 

 have selected from the splendid and extensive col- 

 lection of Mr. Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, 

 Edgware Eoad : 



Adiantum cuneatum. 

 Asplenium attenuatum. 



lulbiferum. 



Cassebeera hastata. 

 Davallia solida. 

 GoniopHebinum neriifolium 

 Litobrockia denticulata. 

 Polypodium latipes. 



Pteris cretica. 



serrulata. 



Selaginella denticulata. 



serpens. 

 stolonifera. 



There are also several Pern-like Jjycopods well 

 worthy of cultivation on the raised dry rockwork 

 of the Aquarium, one or two species of which 

 will thrive and grow during a year or more, by 

 having the foot-stalks of the fronds or leaves 

 placed in the water, and allowing the feather-like 

 foliage to droop over the sides. A very pretty 

 effect was produced in this manner in the Pernery 

 of Mr. Henderson, where every information regard- 

 the culture of Perns and their allies is freely and 

 obligingly given by the intelligent attendant. 



In collecting wild Perns, take in preference those 

 found within the drip of waterfalls or on the 

 banks of streams as most likely to succeed on the 

 rockwork of the Aquarium. Care must be taken to 



