20 GYMNOGRAMMA LEPTOPHYLLA. 



for first, one class of Ferns will spring up, and then another, 

 so that many species may be propagated upon the same board. 

 It seems very desirable to give every facility for the spores 

 of the Ferns to germinate, as seedlings are frequently raised in 

 this natural manner, when every effort and care to produce 

 them under glass has resulted in disappointment. 



Fronds, and young plants in the marchantiaform state, have 

 been obligingly forwarded by Mr. Robert Wakefield, London; 

 and by Mr. G. B. Wollaston, of Chisselhurst, Kent. 



This species may be procured of Messrs. Henderson, of the 

 Pine-apple Place Nursery. 



The illustration is from a frond kindly furnished by Mr. 

 Henderson, of Wentworth. 



