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CHAPTER XIII. 



FIFTY SELECT GREENHOUSE FERNS. 



|HE selections I shall make in this and the next 

 chapter will comprise ferns of the most dis- 

 tinct and various" characters, essential in any 

 collection in which beauty and character are the qualities 

 most desired, and all of them suitable for beginners in 

 cultivation. None of the gold and silver ferns will be 

 included in these selections ; they will be dealt with 

 separately, as needing more skill and care than be- 

 ginners are likely to bestow upon them. Technical 

 descriptions are not to be thought of in a work of this 

 kind. 



Anemidictyon phyllitidis, a pretty flowering fern, 

 adapted for pot culture, or to plant out, or for the fera 

 case. 



Adiantum assimile, A. cuneatum, A. formoswm, A. 

 fulvum > A. tinctum, a charming group,, requiring shade, 

 not rooting deep, and better if they never have water 

 over their fronds. They are all adapted for specimen 

 culture, the last is one of the most elegant in form 

 and has a rosy purplish tint on its young fronds. 



Asplenium bulbiferum, A. caudatum, A. dimidiatum, 

 A. dimorphum, A. hemionitis (or palmata), A. lucidum, 



