FERNS 345 



For Hanging Baskets 



Adiantum cuneatum grandiceps Woodwardia exaltata 



dolabriforme furcans 



Anemia rotundifolia grandiceps 



Asplenium caudatum Piersonii 



flaccidum Whitmannii 



Davallia bullata Platycerium alcicorne 



dissecta Polypodium glaucum 

 Lawsoniana Mayii 



Mariesii phymatodes cristatum 



rufa Woodwardia orientalis 

 tenuifolia Veitchii radicans 



Microlepia hirta cristata cristata 



Nephrolepis elegantissima 



Selaginellas. These are for the most part pretty moss- 

 like plants, nearly related to the Ferns, and succeeding under 

 the same cultural conditions. One species, Selaginella 

 Kraussiana, often known as 5. denticulata y is frequently used 

 as an edging, for the clothing of bare ground underneath 

 stages, or for similar purposes. It is hardy in many parts 

 of the country. The best greenhouse kinds are : 



Selaginella amsena, S. elegans, S. Emiliana, S. erythropus, S. japonica, 

 S. Kraussiana, S. K. aurea, S. K. variegata, S. Martensii, S. serpens, 

 S. variabilis, S. Wildenovii. 



Filmy Ferns. Until the invention of the Wardian case the 

 culture of the Filmy Ferns was a failure, but given a fair 

 start and the observance of a little common sense, there 

 is no class of Ferns which so well repays a minimum of 

 trouble with a maximum of pleasure. The Filmy Ferns, 

 so called from the delicate and diaphanous nature of their 

 fronds, rank decidedly among the most beautiful plants 

 extant. In their native haunts, which are mainly situated 

 in hilly regions, they clothe the rocks, leafy banks, and the 

 trunks of trees and tree ferns with dense masses of trans- 

 lucent frondage, ranging from minute moss-like growths 

 up to the stately fronds of the Todeas, and varying in 

 form from the exquisitely slender hair-like types of Tricho- 

 inanes trichoideum to the broad, kidney-shaped, almost 

 leathery foliage of T. reniforme even in one and the same 

 genus. In the vast majority of cases they spread by means 

 of thin, ramifying rhizomes, which cling to rock and other 

 congenial sites and form mat-like cushions of glistening 

 emerald verdure. Wherever they are found, the condi- 



