September 19, 1888.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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Aspidmm spinteloswn. — This common and handsome sub- 

 evergreen Fern is one of the mainstays of the Fern garden. In 

 good soil well established plants send up abundant trends to a 

 good height from the stout root-stock. Of easiest possible 

 culture, growing tinely even in poor and dry soil. Two to two 

 and a half feet. The varieties intermedium and dilatatum are 

 both as desirable as the type. A fine plant of the latter variety 

 measures thirty-seven inches in heiglit. 



Aspidiuiii Boottii. — Very close to A. spinu/osuiii. Remarks 

 and culture the same as for that species. Two and a half feet. 



Aspidiuiii fragrans. — This rare Fern is difficult to culti- 

 vate; one can hardly expect to grow it more than a few years. 

 Evergreen. Plant- in rather dry, well-drained clefts in rocks, 

 and cover with a frame in winter, or plant in pots wedged 

 in with stones. Peat and leaf-mould. Four to ten inches. 



Aspidium aLuUalum, var. Draunii. — This rare and l)eautiful 

 sub-evergrccn Fern is one of the choicest of our natives for 

 cultivation. Fronds deep, rich green and chaffv ; very distinct, 

 easily grown. Fifteen to nineteen inches. The type of this 

 species and the closely related Aspidium annulare, natives of 

 Europe, arc both very handsome and desirable Ferns to culti- 

 vate. They do well with a frame protection in winter, and 

 may be ])erfectly hardy, as is our variety. 



Cystopteris fragilis. — A very charming little Fern of easy 

 culture. Will thrive under very various conditions of moisture 

 or sunshine. Nine to twelve and a half inches. 



Cystopteris bullnfera. — This, when well grown, is one of the 

 most beautiful and interesting of our native Ferns. It wants a 

 moist, cool spot, and then will develop fronds of surpassing 

 grace and beauty. It increases very ra[iidly by bulblets, ' 



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-l-'dcuduphu.nix Sar^ciili on Lung's Key, Flurida.— See page 352. 



Aspidium Lonchitis. — This handsome evergreen Fern is, 

 unfortunately, difficult togrow. Peat and leaf-mould. Ajiative 

 of the far north and north-west. Frame. Six to eighteen inches. 



Aspidium acrostichoides. — A very fine Fern in cultivation, 

 its thick, glossy, rich evergreen foliage being fine l)y itself, or 

 as a contrast with lighter green species. The variety Incisum 

 is very handsome, deeply cleft individuals being almost 

 suggestive of Holly leaves. The fronds of this species are 

 used by the trade extensively in winter in making up bou- 

 quets, and it might, therefore, pay to grow it commercially. 

 Eighteen to twenty-two inches. 



Aspidium munitum. — A handsome evergreen species from 

 the north-west, well worth cultivating. Not hardy ; but at the 

 Botanic Gartien in Cambridge it docs well with a frame in win- 

 ter. Fifteen to eighteen inches. 



which fall to the ground and root freely. The bed slioukl 

 be thinned out and the plants reset occasionally to get the best 

 results. It is very fine grown at a little elevation, as on a 

 moist bank or portion of the rock-work ; the gracefid froiuls 

 can then show off to greatest advantage. Twenty-foiu- to 

 thirty inches. 



Onoclea scnsibilis. — This Fern is very desirable on accoiuit 

 of its distinctness and possibilities under cultivation. It might 

 be overlooked by a cultivator on account of its commonness ; 

 but it would lie a great mistake to omit it from the I-"ern-gar- 

 den. The broad, light green frond is an object of great beauty, 

 intermingled with darker species, and with good culture attains 

 fine jiroportions. Two and a half to three and a half feet. 



Onoclea 5//-«////('/to-/>.— This splendid Fern is capable of pro- 

 ducing very grand, almost sub-tropical effects, when well 



