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Gardening for Amateurs 



found in all quarters of the globe. Many of 

 them are of high ornamental value, and 

 from their fairly hardy character they are 

 very popular for general decorative purposes. 

 A few, namely, aureum glaucum, Mayi, 

 sporodocarpum and schneiderianum, have 

 pretty glaucous foliage. Other sorts are 

 Billardieri, irioides, irioides cristatum. 

 Knightae, neriifolium, iiigrescens, Phyma- 

 todes, smithiamim and Vidgenii. 



Polystichum. Another free-growing class 

 of ornamental ferns, w r hich are somewhat 

 similar to Lastrea. The best known are 

 aristatum, capense, coniifolium, setosum, 

 triangulum, and vestitum. 



Pteris. In general appearance these are 

 dissimilar from each other. One feature is, 

 however, common to most of them, and that 

 is, their cultural requirements are compara- 

 tively simple, and they are all ornamental. 



Some are among the most popular of all 

 ferns for the supply of Co vent Garden Market, 

 and well furnished specimens may often be 

 seen hawked in the streets of London. The 

 best are argyraea, with silvery variegation ; 

 Childsii, a fimbriated form of cretica ; 

 cretica, the varieties of which are innumer- 

 able ; hastata ; internata, very useful for 

 small pots ; leptophylla, equally desirable 

 in a small state ; longifolia, remarkable for 

 its long, spreading fronds ; scaberula, the 

 Xew Zealand Lace Fern ; serrulata, in 

 endless variety ; tremula, the Australian 

 Bracken ; tricolor, the fronds marked with 

 silvery-grey, green and white ; and Wimsettii, 

 a fine, bold fern of the serrulata section. 



Woodwardia. These are of a robust 

 habit of growth, with wide-spreading, 

 partially drooping fronds, that are seen at 

 their best when in an elevated position. 



A most useful and accommodating Fern (Pteris cretica albo-Hneata). 



