1024 PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS equisetum 



3-6 ft. high, the barren stems being taller Kingdom. When well grown in shady 



than the fertile ones, much grooved and places in damp loamy soil, it assumes 



ftirnished with whorls of slender more luxuriant proportions and is a really 



or less erect or spreading branches which elegant plant. It may be grown in parts 



are sometimes again branched. The of the bog garden or in moist spots among 



main stems are about i in. in diameter at Ferns in shady places. It may be increased 



the base and gracefully taper upwards. by division and also by spores. 

 The fleshy fertile (or spore-bearing) stems 



are about 1 ft. high, pale brown and smooth. E. sylvaticum {Wood Horsetail). — 



From each of the joints arises a large An extremely elegant plant, much shorter 



loose funnel - shaped sheath, the upper than E. maximum, the grooved or nearly 



ones being largest, distinctly striated, and smooth stems attaining a height of only 



ending in 30-40 long slender teeth. The 1-2 ft. and being furnished with recurved 



fruit cones are 2-3 in. long and terminate or deflexed branches arranged in whorls 



the stems. or circles at the joints, each branch again 



Culture do. as above. This is rather having whorls of smaller branches at the 



a common plant and is found wild in bogs joints, 



and ditches in various parts of the United Culture Ac. as above. 



CXXXIII. LYCOPODIACEiE— Clubmoss Order 



A rather large order of Cryptogamous plants vfith more or less creeping or 

 sometimes corm-like rootstocks. The rigid stems are usually forked — or 

 dichotomously branched, and furnished with leaves throughout. The simple 

 nerveless or 1 -nerved leaves are arranged on the stems overlapping each other 

 in from 2 to 6 ranks. In the axils of some of the leaves which are specially 

 modified the stalkless spore-cases are produced, and are roundish or kidney- 

 shaped bodies opening round the top into two valves and distributing a large 

 number of fine yellow powdery-like spores. 



There are 5 species of Clubmoss native of the British Islands, but they 

 may be regarded as valueless for garden purposes. The ' Ground Pine ' of 

 North America, however, as Lycopodium deitdroideum is called, is a pretty and 

 distinct plant with erect and much-branched stems 6-9 in. high, clothed with 

 numerous small bright shining green leaves. The fruiting branches bear 

 long yellow cylindrical spikes of spore-cases. 



Oulture and Propagation. — This little plant, which resembles a miniature 

 Spruce Fir or ' Christmas Tree ' in appearance, flourishes in moist peaty soil 

 in warm sunny positions, and looks very attractive in nooks at the base of 

 the rockery. It is somewhat difficult to increase, but spores may be sovm in 

 damp peaty soil in shady places or in small pots or pans. When established 

 in the latter it may be advisable to plant them out carefully in clumps and 

 keep them shaded and moist for some time until they have recovered from the 

 shock of moving. 



