Tare ramo- 
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thrown away. The extra expense т average about mas cristata fimbriata, is much cut and beautifully 
25 cents per pound of seed, and when it is known crested, an admirable companion to the 
the matter of extra expense becomes trivial 
NURSERY NOTES. 
THE FERN NURSERIES, SALE, 
Тнк collection of Ferns grown by W. & J. Birken- 
Royal Horticultural Society 
tinually in the front at the principal shows in the 
om. Since the writer last visited the nurseries 
ities of houses have been built, and the general 
has improved greatly. 
There are now about 1400 varieties assorted in the 
divisions ing IS greenhouse, 
hardy exotic, British, and Film 
outside ferneries, rock-work, and for plantation and 
garden-work. 
Among the most beautifal to look at in the many 
rows out-of-doors is the division of Lady Ferns, 
chief among them being the setigerum group, in 
which the handsome cut pinnules traversing each 
other are conspicuous i in А, filix-foomina Victoris and 
the dwarf ei 
Vierronæe and i 
| the 
А. f.-f. digitatum tenue, and do also the forms 
f.-f. congestum and its dwarfer, more crested fellow, 
eongestum cristatum. зум f-f. K 
pleasing green, makin lish 
others have partially suffered! from the sharp frost of 
June 6, but are now recov Some more, 
particularly Osmund growing under a 
batch d standard А, pri Plum trees, but Mr. 
‘Birkenhead says they do m r out in the 
open, because the moisture stolen from them by the 
fruit-tree roots operates prejadicially ; and, moreover, 
these bedded-out Ferns show to much better ad- 
vantage in the autumn ihe the тал ones are 
шд giving way. 
a lean-to house, these hardy British Ferns are 
diceps (Birkenhead, raiser), with tall upright fronds 
hd packed together, and much broader in pin- 
в than the normal form. Another gem is A. f.-f, 
plumosum ee * light in the green and archin: 
п the pinnæ {. Todeoides is like the Todea 
in habit. A. " Ф рле ie very heavily 
` created, and a capital rockwork Fern, There are 
one or two promising forms alongside of thia of the 
| 3 As f.-f. можа is rhage pa dwarf 
has much-branched 
8 indi is 5 bens ML sy: cockscomb, 
in fact. А. f.-f. plumosum superbum ia the chief of 
finest of на прое gr For specimen plant 
purposes these plumosums take front rank, A. f.-f, 
Pritchardi is ESP distinct from its compeers, 
having long fronds, which are aptly 
likened i & waggoners whip. 'The male Fern 
Lastrea filix-mas, is represented in a good 
‘varieties, possibly the choicest being the crispy 
pres fÜuetuosa, sometimes called eri i 
a antly distinct from the type, The pretty 
dwarfer grower decora i e 
Ч we noted 
Oreopteris ramo-coronans, a much-branched and 
created form, as its name shows, asin Lastrea peeudo- 
sissima, The Pseudo-mas coronaria ерте 
raiser), і isa striking form vf this division. Lastr 
of admirable ‘greenery. Polystichum — crista- 
a. plumo- 
sum, as its names implies, se spreading feathery 
fro nds, making a fine specimen—a worthy fellow to the 
usually. e yere alpina, one of our rarest 
natives is doing well on a shelf in this house. 
e span-roof — are about 50 by 10 feet, and 
are closely shaded in the interior with a kind of scrim, 
they do duty for British Ferns in quantities. Some 
of the commoner forms are not to be despised even 
among varieties, although some of them require glass 
protection, For instance, Asplenium lancifolium was 
beautiful so grown. The Scolopendriums were a 
group, one named fimbriatum is deepl 
frilled and fimbriated, and shoots cut to a 
tage; cristulatum, is abun esc © í 
makes a very c mes * Moo 
and fimbriated, a 
one of the boldest created and f reest 
densa, are very 
fronds, = the 
fronds down 
tassel-like crests weighing а 
"IseobEGA : т Py е РО e A T 
grec dera fragrans) is one of the most prominent, 
as phe one of the most popular, because of the fronds 
smelling like Мезе A few си in а close house 
dispense abundant fragran Phegop 
gonoptera is a Beoch-lookiog: Fern, with captivating 
greenery, the irum" deeply cut. 
2 
Lastrea atrata is distinct and noteworthy. For a 
stylish ТОМ plant there is nothing to beat 
Osmunda Claytoniana. 
size as the R of a 
sensibilis 
th e ent 
drooping pinnz, making & telling exhibitis, yl ien. 
Adiantum pedatum is such a useful fo. 
trade purposes, and one of the most beautiful too, 
that we eannot pass it over, seeing the quantity 
grown here, 
S 
ongst house Ferns the British Maiden- 
а (Adiantum capillus veneris) does best under 
form conspicuous with 
йашу-егеңей Bondi, and having the pinne * 
daphnites, Among the cuneatum batch w 
pe the following of the rarer kinds: саца. 
crested; Luddemannianum, also 
evidently gro ; the beautiful rubellum, with 
its claret-tinted young fronds, and the stylish-looking 
Veitchii ; RRE, culcitum, makes a fine 
specimen and its deep sea-green fronda 
are telling. Mis farinosa is а very hand- 
some silver Fern that does best in a cool climate ; 
th 
if the leaat d coddled, 16 becomes infested 
thrips. vallia tenuifolia Veitchiana makes a 
andsome specimen—so light and feathe А е 
а very attractive e Another two 
novelties struck us, Mohria thurifr 
variety  achil!z*olig, эжене ш cat and ite 
Achillea-like, The Chinese Nephrodium е 
mirable Fern, ғ and mH М. odoratum, 
gracile, the beautiful $ Жш чыз in hundreds doing 
. Well, a new desirable-looking one named Fe eel, 
white-striped macrophyllum remarkable too for its 
young, pink tinted fronds, an acquisition in its 
wa 
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— 1 A st Davalliae mantan dodi “i A 
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as the charming fijiensis, and a selected one, named 
elegans, sent out by Messrs, Birkenhead—a decided 
acquisition. The golden Gymnogramma — 
always to the fore; but a new one named grandiceps ig 
even richer gold coloür than the type, and bei 
tifully crested, beats it completely ; the Schizophylig 
gloriosa makes a good basket Fern, with its fronds 
depending. Oaychium auratum is ronded 
species, green and gold, the fertile — golden, 
Pteris aspericaulis is distinct, with its tion, 
and a pretty Fern to boot; and Meli: is grown in. 
quantity, and well grown too. The plants, notwith. 
standing the heat, are all remarkably clean and well 
Filmy Ferns occupy & considerable space in the. 
older houses of the nursery. They are in some cases: 
planted out, in others in pots, all either in frames 
and hirsutum, a woolly-looking subject; pulcher- 
rimum, the pendulous trifidum, nice pieces of Tun- 
bridgense, and the equally pretty Wilsoni, Thenin 
Todeas we would place at the very front grandi- 
pinnula, Fraseri, and Moorei; of course, superba isthe 
best looking of its class, when well done, and the. 
rest of the Todeas were going along well here, The 
Trichomanes alabamensis is charming to look upon; 
auriculatum is also beautiful, and so is the lofty- 
looking alatum. ма others we noted Т, radicans 
malitadinoal eut, and deep green; T. Lyalli, and 
of the fan-fronded type; Т. г. dissectum 
rado a fine wedge-looking fronded Killarney 
rn; scandens, distinct and pretty; the beautiful 
trichoidium, which no ov is complete without, 
and the small-fronded venosu 
There are other things uus to supply the 10081 
trade, such as Rhododendrons, fruit trees, some 
alpines, some bedding plants, of sorta ; but the chief. 
article of commerce is the Ferna, of which the firm 
claims to gn the most varied and interesting trade 
collection in the "A consis «ы of оуег 140 
different kinds, Viat 
iu Borns Ar Mzssus, WALLACE’S, COLCHESTER.. 
ong other choice bulbs, besides the brilliant 
user already noticed, fine collections of Irises, 
Lilies, Brodimas, &c., are grown. The Iris eds had 
been sheets of bloom, but were nearly over. Ser 
of the beautiful and all too-seldom-grown Brodien 
however, which bloom from April m J aly, were y 
i e best 
warm 
in umbels, which last a long time in 2 рон 
— Brodiæa volubilis is one of the t striking. 
twining plant with very 1 stems, 
5 feet, with pern 
e plants. | 
pitata, as its name implies, is =, ч a a striking con 
trast to В. volubilis, pon it is difficalt to realise that 
they аге 9 the same genus; it has of 
purple flowers. There is also a choice white variety 
of this, which i is very fine. B. coccinea БИ 
wera, 
peduncularis produces тее flowers оп 
the umbels ГЫ over 1 
celain-white, a new species, 
habit, with m many flowers of a pale pink colour. 
Hore nd is one of the earliest, җәм I маа 
опе о est, with mbe 
регине -white flowers, Гы a Rae A Л 
