DECEMBKn «t, IJHKl. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



209 



ABOUT FERNS. 



It is remarkable that a genus, which 

 up to a few years ago liad given so few 

 variations as did the nephrolepis, should 

 now prove so j)rolific both in seedling 

 varieties, and also sports. The latest 

 addition we have is a bij)innate form of 

 N. cordifolium, says a writer in the Hor- 

 ticultural Advertiser. This was raised 

 from spores by Prickett & Sons, Enfield 

 Highway, London, England. Several 

 plants apjieared among a large batch of 

 the ordinary cordifolium. I saw the 

 plants at the nursery some weeks ago, 

 and noted that all of those that had 

 broken away from tlie type were of ex- 

 actly the same habit. This fern certainly 

 well deserved the award of merit which 

 was given. T. Rochford & Sons recently 

 showed one of the most beautiful forms 

 which we have had since the introduction 

 of M. Piersoni from America, the fronds 

 being short and broad, and the multiple 

 pinnules overlapping each other and 

 slightly twisted. This was given a first- 

 class certificate. Piersoni, though a beau- 

 tiful fern, has not sold so well in the 

 market as might have been expected, but 

 the above being a more compact habit 

 should prove more useful. N. Elegantis- 

 sima, an American variety which was 

 shown at the Temple by W. J. Godfrey, 

 is another of the same type, having broati 

 tripinnate fronds and long narrow pin- 

 nules. From H. B. May & Sons we had 

 N. exaltata superba. This also gained a 

 first-class certificate. As shown it was 

 perfect in form, the fronds standing up 

 a\t11, with a sufficient curve to give them 

 elegance, all the side pinnules regularly 

 crested, making a most elegant plant for 

 decorations. Nephrolcpis Seottii, which 

 came from America about two years ago, 

 is a good fern; it may best be described 

 as a compact form of exaltata. I saw- 

 beautiful plants of this at May & Sons ', 

 a few weeks ago, but it has not yet been 

 seen in any quantity in the market. 



With the nephrolepis much depends on 

 cultural treatment, grown under heavy 

 shade, and in a close, moist atmosphere, 

 they make rapid progress, but the fronds 

 are soft. Hang them up close to the 

 glass, give little shade, and not too much 

 heat, and they make short hard fronds 

 which will stand well when used for deco- 

 rations; under the two different treat- 

 ments they appear to be quite distinct 

 ferns. They are getting better known 

 now, but a few years ago they were re- 

 garded by many as being too tender to 

 be of service for ordinary decorations, 

 now we see them used for baskets hang- 

 ing out under balconies and in other ex- 

 posed positions, and it is remarkable how 

 well they stand exposure. 



PENTAS CARNEA. 



Introduced over 60 years ago, it is 

 surprising that this plant, whose cul- 

 tural requirements are of the simplest, 

 should be so much neglected by the ma- 

 jority of present-day gardeners. Pentas 

 carnea Quartiniana is an improvement 

 on the type, and is tiie one most usually 

 grown. Cuttings of the young growths 

 inserted in sandy soil, and placed in a 

 little heat, make roots reailily at any 

 time; but, if inserted in the spring, good 

 ])lants for autumn and winter flowering 

 may be obtained. When roote<l they 

 should be hardened off and grown on 

 during the summer in cold frames, re- 

 moving them to the greenhouse before 

 the cold weather arrives. They are not 

 fastidious as to soil, a light, loamy mix- 

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