52 Notice of a Plant of the Sabal Blackhi'tymtXf 



Those marked thus (*) are exotics, but suflficiently hardy 

 to endure the open air. The Aspidium bulbiferum is raised 

 from bulbs produced on the back of the fronds ; and the 

 i4diantum pedatum from young plants formed at the ends of 

 the fronds. 



. List of Exotic Ferns requiring to be treated as Green-house 



Plants. 



Davall/a pyxidata. Dicksonk arborescens. 



Davallia canariensis. Cheilanthes ^jteroides. 



Aspidium trifoliatuin. ^diantum reniforine. 



Aspidium auriculatum. j4diantum tenerum. 



Polypodium Phyllitidis. Aspidium exaltatum. 



Polypodium auriculatum. -^splenium Shepherdiz. 



Polypodium pectinatum. /4splenium i/emionitis. 



Polypodium aureum. .(4splenium praemorsum. 



Polypodium effusum. ^splenium ebenum. 



Diplazium granditolium. ^splenium rhizophyllum. 



Pl^chnum australe. Doodia aspera. 



jBl^chnum occidentale. Pteris longifolia. 



i/emionitis dealbata. Pteris serrulata. 



JTemionitis riifa. Pteris arguta. 

 Acrostichum alcicorne. 



The above are all to be had at the Liverpool garden. I 

 could give the names of many more species, but not knowing 

 where they may be purchased, I omit them. The above, 

 however, when united with a collection of the most curious 

 and rare British plants, will make a considerable addition to 

 the flower garden. I am, Sir, yours, &c. 



James Housman. 

 London, Feb. li. 1828. 



Art. XVII. Historical and Descriptive Notice of a Plant of the 

 Sabal Blackhurn'iSi, noxv in the Gardens at Hale Hall, Lancashire, 

 the Seat of John Blacliburne, Esq. M.P. By Thomas Kirk- 

 land Glazebrook, Esq. 



The flowering of what was popularly called the " Great 

 Palm," at Hale, the seat of John Blackburne, Esq. M.P., in 

 May, 1818, excited very great attention. An opinion pre- 

 vailed that the plant would die when the seeds arrived at 

 maturity, and, consequently, the progress of fructification was 

 anxiously watched. The contrary, however, was the case ; as 

 the palm flourished amazingly, and has continued to produce 

 flowers and fruit almost annually, up to the present moment 

 (July 15. 1828). 



