126 The Fern Garden. 



stant in his work, will find that the secret of success 

 with this class of ferns is unremitting attention. 



The following are the names of the hest gold and 

 silver ferns in cultivation : 



Adiantum sulphureum, the Golden Maidenhair. This 

 exquisite plant only needs careful greenhouse treatment. 



Cheilanthes argentea, a delicate silver fern ; green- 

 house. C. borsigiana, golden; stove. C. farinosa, 

 silver; a fine species very distinct, requiring great care; 

 stove. C. fragrans, a lovely little gem tinged with 

 orange, well adapted for greenhouse or case. When 

 dried agreeably fragrant. C. elegans, silvery, a most 

 delicate and much prized fern, best grown in a warm 

 greenhouse, in a compost of lumpy peat and broken 

 bricks or stone. C. pulveracea, the under side silvery, 

 the edges golden : a fine companion to C. farinosa, and 

 needing the same treatment. 



Gymnogramma chrysophylla, the finest of all gold 

 ferns ; it must be grown in the stove. G. Peruviana 

 argyrophylla, silvery-grey on both surfaces, a splendid 

 stove fern. G. ochracea, slightly golden, easy to grow, 

 but needing to be kept in the stove all winter. G. sul- 

 phurea, a pretty little plant, light green above, sulphur- 

 yellow beneath ; must have stove treatment. G. Tar- 

 tarea, the under side of the fronds pure silvery-white, 

 the best of all silver ferns for beginners ; it thrives in 

 the stove, but may be kept in good condition in a green- 

 house. 



Nothochleena argentea, a fine silvery companion to 

 Cheilanthes farinosa, and requiring similar care. N. 

 flavens, an exquisitely beautiful miniature golden fern; 



