Ferns and Fern Culture.., 87 
A. inequale, A. laxum pumilum, A, nobilis, a light, 
feathery, and graceful variety; Blechnum gracile, 
Cheilanthes elegans (the Lace Fern), very beautiful ; 
Davallia dissecta, D. Fijiensis, D. Griffithiana, D. 
parvula, very small fronds, finely cut, exceedingly 
pretty; D. retusa, Drynaria muszfolia, the veining very 
distinct ; Gleichenia dichotoma, Gymnogramma Alstonii 
(Gold Fern), G. chrysophylla (Gold Fern), G. decomposita, 
fronds very finely cut; G. Peruviana argyrophylla 
(Silver Fern), G. schizophylla gloriosa, very beautiful, 
NIpHOBOLUS HETERACTIS. 
fronds cut into fine segments, of graceful drooping] habit ; 
Lygodium dichotomum, a magnificent climbing Fern; 
Nephrolepis davallioides, N. d. furcans, N. Duffii, N. 
exaltata, Niphobolus Heteractis, Onychium auratum, a 
very handsome species, fronds erect, finely cut; .Pheg. 
opteris effusus, Phlebodium aureum, fronds large and 
deeply glaucous; Pteris tricolor, P. Victoriz, very 
prettily variegated ; Rhipidopteris peltata, small fronds, 
fan-shaped, deeply cut. 
