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them most desirable plants to cultivate, and a horticulturist might 

 make himself very happy with a collection of these alone. 



The genus Hypolepis affords us the grand H. repens (fig. 896), from 

 tropical America. It grows very freely, and the spores come up all over 

 the house, and therefore have to be exterminated, or in a short time we 

 should have a hypolepis-house instead of a general fernery. We have 

 also H. tcnuifolium, from Java, and -H. distans, from New Zealand. 



We have many Cheilanthes. They like air and light. We grow 

 C. lanuginosa, from Illinois ; the C. lendigera, from Mexico, and the 

 C. argentea, from Japan ; C, spectabilis ; and C. elegans (fig. 897), 

 which is a beautiful fern. Our specimens of Onychiinn japonicum 

 grow more satisfactorily in a greenhouse, or in the outdoor ferneries, 



FIG. 897. Cheilanthes elegans. 



FIG. 898. Platyloma flexuosa. 



as also do those of the Parsley Fern (Cryptogramma crispa). The 

 PelUea rotundifolia, called by Smith the Platyloma rotimdifolia, forms 

 more healthy fronds out of doors, but does not appear to stand 

 the severest winters. The Pelfoa or Platyloma flexuosa (fig. 898) has 

 fronds of a very peculiar green, and is a beautiful species to hang in a 

 basket, with its fronds drooping down. 



The genus Pteris contains a large number of species, from all parts 

 of the world, of which we have many examples. Pteris cretica, from 

 Italy, survives many winters in this climate, as also does that pretty 



