January 8, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS 
third than those of а precium to which 
iform кыз is the 
it is no doubt nearly allied. 
а 
eeping out under the blunt apicnlate anther, and 
1 . 
This supplies a resemblance 
oy Sir 
bearing the caudicula. 
to a bird’s head, е was happily suggested 1 
Trevor. H. G. Rchb. f. 
"TF ки ч Бә -= к=. ae БЕ 
LS E . 
Fic, 9,—THE FLOWER GARDEN AT COOMBE WARREN, 
A DECADE ч NEW ADIAN- 
Л We 
[Tuts descriptive account of some new Ferns is 
invested with peculiar interest as the aa production 
from the pen of Mr, Thomas Mov it having € 
sent to us only a short time before his death. Ep.] 
have come under our notice, 
n order to prevent, as far as possible, any mistakes 
or penpe hereafter. Adiantum cuneatum 
has proved to be one of the most prolific of mothers, 
and the number + varieties to which it has given 
rise (not included in these notes) is astonis shing. 
Many of them are probably sports, ge majority of its 
real crosses have apparently been with A. amabile 
tu rei). Several of those here ки: аге supposed 
to have had this origin. Scarcely any difference can 
be pointed out in regard to their value as decorative 
plants—all being good in their way. 
Adiantum hians, 1 sp.—F ronds triangular-ovate, 
lab 
th 
lm nnules 
pedicellate, various in oundish, 
balloon-shaped, transversely oblon iz or т тюш oidal 
with the free end rounded, fea on wo, y 
more, large gaping sori, 
margin еттен toothed, and the posterior base 
and inn e even, so that the pinnules appear 
entire pedem where the sori are placed ; veins rather 
distant, ge forked, Dd free ; 
1 owards the a 
itid oblong-renifo ا‎ forming a 
broad, gaping, concave hollow, or sinus, in the other- 
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41 
wise thin edge of the pinnule, often solitary, rar rely 
more than two on each pinnule; stipes 
ebeneous, glossy.—Habitat, South Pa 
This elegant species of Maidenhair, whieh i is ‘quite 
dissimilar any other known to us, was sent 
from Australia by Mr. He rbert, with the information 
that it was a native of New edonia, a UEM 
рер being labelled as а the Fiji 
growth 1s BRL n to 
"S indie and it has the same delicate texture and 
(szz Р, 40.) 
absence of lobing, but the broad open sinus which is 
occupied by each soru 
terminal уне: ones, tatche 
about 10 inches, the larger 
lines long. smaller 
and there being fully eight lines broad. We are not 
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