FERNERIES. 



fern, of great beauty, and should always be grown. A. tencrum is 



remarkable in giving to us a garden variety, which is perhaps the most 



beautiful of all ferns, called A. Farleyensc (fig. 902). Spores of 



A. Farleyensc do not reproduce the same plant, 



and it does not thrive well when divided. Mr. 



Smith, the Curator of Kew, recommended me 



to grow it in strong loam, but I have only one 



small plant, the merest shadow of the glorious 



specimens which exist at Kew and at Messrs. 



Veitch's nursery. 



The A. ciincatum (fig. 903) is a fern which 

 we grow, and which is much used for table 

 decoration. It is a general favourite, and, 

 though a native of Brazil, with me is as hardy 

 as the A. Capillus-Veneris (fig. 862), if not 

 more so. The A. fulvum (fig. 904), as it unfolds its young fronds, 

 which are of a scarlet colour, is interesting, and it is easily propagated 

 from spores. A. Feei is an interesting variety, and is a very distinct 

 form of this genus ; we have a large plant of this species, which thrives 



FIG. 902. Adiantum Furley 



FIG. 903. A. cuneati 



FIG. 904. A. fulvum. 



exceedingly well with me. The A. fledatzim does not thrive so well in 

 the house as in the outdoor alpineries, where it is a splendid fern. A. 

 tinctum is delicate and beautiful in spring. A. Incidnin, from the West 

 India Islands, is a desirable one, having fine fronds from nine to fifteen 

 inches long. A. curvatnm is also a fine fern, which does well in my 

 fernery, but does not grow readily in all situations. 



