Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



ADIANTUM TENERUM. 



Swartz. Hooker. Plumier. J. Smith. Presl. 



Moore and Houlston. Link. 



Willdenow. Plukenet. Fee, not Schkuhr. 



PLATE X. VOL. III. 



Adiantum assimile, 



" formosissima, 



Link, not Swabtz. 



Royal Botanical G-aedens, Beelin. 



Of Gaedens. 



Adiantum — Dry. 



Tenerum — Tender. 



The Adiantum tenerum is a splendid species when well 

 grown, forming itself into a large yet elegant specimen, and 

 well adapted for horticultural exhibitions. The finest example 

 I have ever seen, was grown in a pine stove, at the Kiddleston 

 Gardens, by Mr. Jackson, gardener to Lord Scarsdale. This 

 successful cultivator of plants deserves the greatest praise for 

 the masterly manner in which he has succeeded in growing 

 this beautiful Fern. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Fronds glabrous, and branching three or four times; pinnate; 

 the pinnules being membranous, rhomboidal, obtuse, inciso- 

 VOL. m. H 



