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fern of great beauty, and should always be grown. A. teneriim is 



remarkable in giving to us a garden variety, which is perhaps the most 



beautiful of all ferns, called A. Farleyense (fig. 902). Spores of 



A . Farleyense do not reproduce the same plant, 



and it does not thrive well when divided. Mr. 



Smith, the Curator of Kew, recommended me 



to grow it in strong loam, but I have only one 



small plant, the merest shadow of the glorious 



specimens which exist at Kew and at Messrs. 



Veitch's nursery. 



The A. cimeatum (fig. 903) is a fern which 

 we grow, and which is much used for table 

 decoration. It is a general favourite, and 

 though a native of Brazil, with me is as hardy 

 as the A. Capillus-Veneris (fig. 862), if not 

 more so. The A. fulvinn (fig. 904), as it unfolds its young fronds, 

 which are of a scarlet colour, is interesting, and it is easily propagated 

 from spores. A. Feet is an interesting variety, and is a very distinct 

 form of this genus ; we have a large plant of this species, which thrives 



Fig. 902. — Adiantum Farleyense. 



Fig. 903. — A. cuneatum. 



Fig. 904. — A. fulvum. 



exceedingly well with me. The A. pedatum does not thrive so well in 

 the house as in the outdoor alpineries, where it is a splendid fern. A. 

 tinctum is delicate and beautiful in spring. A. lucidum, from the West 

 India Islands, is a desirable one, having fine fronds from nine to fifteen 

 inches long. A. curvatum. is also a fine fern, which does well in my 

 fernery, but does not grow readily in all situations. 



