Tortion of mature Frond— under side, 



ADIANTUM PEDATUM. 



llnn^us. kunze. swartz. hooker. j. smith. 



Schkuhr. Sprengel. Willdenow. Kaulfuss. Chamisso. 



Fee. Moore and Houlston. Presl. 



PLATE XIV. VOL. III. 



Adiantum boreale, 



Pkesl. 



Adiantum — Dry. 



Pedatum — Pedate. 



A useful and ornamental Fern, being equally at home in 

 the open Fernery, or in the stove or greenhouse. It is the 

 most hardy of the Adiantums, and in this climate can withstand 

 a cold that would be certain death to the British Adiantum 

 capillus-veneris. In this neighbourhood in January, 1854, plants 

 lived out of doors, with the temperature 6° below zero of 

 Fahrenheit's thermometer, whilst near them the same cold 

 killed all the plants of A. capillus-veneris. The young fronds 

 are delicate, and coming up early; those first appearing are not 

 unfrequently cut with spring frosts. 



Although so hardy a Fern, still, like the other Adiantums, 



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