Portion of pinna of barren Frond. 



DICKSONIA ANTARCTICA. 



Labillardiere. J. Smith. Hooker. Brown. 

 Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XLIII. VOL. VIII. 



Balanlium antarcticum, 

 Cihotium Billarilieri, 



Peesl. Fee. Schott. 

 Kaulftjss. 



Diehsonia — Named after James Dickson, a British botanist. 

 A n tarctica — Antarctic. 



This magnificent species is a universal favourite, wherever 

 grown or exhibited it is certain to attract universal attention. 

 A large and rapid grower, easily cultivated, and requiring little 

 or no care, provided sufficient room is allowed for the expan- 

 sion of its fronds, and the plant is liberally supplied with 

 water: all fast-growing Ferns require abundance of water, 

 most of the large species growing wildly in moist and boggy 

 situations. 



An evergreen warm greenhouse species. 



Native of New Holland, Tasmania, and Australia. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1824, by Mr. 

 A. Cunningham. 



Fronds glabrous, coriaceous, lanceolate in form, sub-tripin- 



