Section 9. 
PROPAGATION. 
Yé ERNS may be propagated from buds produced 
on the fronds, from tubers and buds on the 
roots, from bulbils formed on their creeping 
sarmentum, by division of their crowns and 
rhizomes, and from spores. Adiantum caudatum, A. 
ciliatum, A. dolabriforme, A. lunulatum, many of the 
Aspleniums, Fadyenia prolifera, Goniopteris reptans, 
Polystichum lentum, P. proliferum, P. lepidocaulon, 
P. viviparum, and a few others, produce terminal buds. 
If the fronds are bent and pegged down so that the buds 
touch the soil, they will emit roots, and soon be sutfi- 
ciently rooted to support themselves. At this stage they 
may be severed from the plant, and the frond allowed to 
resume its original position. The young plants will now 
require the same treatment as their parents, and will 
soon make nice specimens. 
Phegopteris effusus, Woodwardia radicans and its 
varieties, produce several young plants on each frond. 
These may either be pegged down or taken off. If put 
into small pots in a frame, or covered by a glass to keep 
them close, they will soon have an abundance of roots, 
and send up young fronds. 
Many Aspleniums, Lastrea prolifica, and Woodwardia 
orientalis, produce on the upper surface of their fronds 
a large number of tiny bulbils. These may be taken off 
when large enough to handle. They should then be 
pricked into pans of nice light compost, with a thin layer 
