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Notes and Gleanings. 



Select Ferns. — Aspleniiim alattcm. — For filling a basket in the stove this 

 is one of the most suitable ferns, and it makes a pleasing object on a rockery. 

 Its brilliant green color and graceful outlines render it distinguishable amongst 

 many. In the greenhouse it prospers during the summer, but should be in the 

 stove during winter. 



Asplenium appertdicnlatiit)i. — The fronds are subtripinnate, of a fine dark- 

 green color ; a fine fern for the cool-fernery. 



Asplenium auritu7n. — A pretty light-green stove-fern, with tapering fronds, 

 the lowest pinnas being distinctly eared. Admirable for a fern-case. 



ASPLENIUM ALATWM. 



Asplenium Belangcri. — A favorite for exhibiting, and essential to a first- 

 class collection. The color is a rich green ; the general outlines plumy ; the 

 fronds are proliferous. An evergreen stove-fern. 



Asplenium bulbifertim. — Undoubtedly one of the finest of the family, and 

 one of the best for a beginner, whether to grow for exhibition, or to treat with 

 such neglect as ferns are subject to. The fronds grow to eighteen inches in 

 length, and become completely covered with tiny young plants, which weigh them 

 down with graceful arching outlines. First-rate for the cool-house and the fern- 

 case. We have had a fine specimen in a case in the entrance-hall for nearly 

 five years, and its healthy and luxuriant condition is unsurpassable. A. fabia- 

 nttm, A. laxum, A. tnertensianum, and A. Shuttleworthianum, are varieties of 

 A. bulbifertim. 



