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fronds have a beautiful rosy-pink tint. There is also a 

 very pretty variegated variety of this, A. macropbyllum 

 bipinnatum, a most distinct Fern with longer stipes, and 

 fronds standing nearly erect ; this has a beautiful bronzy- 

 brown tint in the young fronds. A. peruvianum is a 

 handsome Fern with large arching fronds ; the large 

 pinnules are loosely arranged on a spreading rachis. 

 The above all require stove treatment, and should be 

 potted in a rough porus compost, consisting largely of 

 fibrous loam, with some manure, leaf mould, and sand. 

 Avoid over-potting. 



Proliferous Group. — The species which produce 

 bulbils on the fronds are confined to those with pinnate 

 fronds. Of these caudatum has long narrow fronds of a 

 silvery grey, and a young plant is produced at the 

 extremity of each frond. A. ciliatum (or Edgworthi) is 

 more prolific ; the young plants will again produce 

 another generation, or perhaps a third may be grown — all 

 hanging down from the parent. A. dolabriforme is of a 

 deeper green and equally proliferous. A. lunulatum, a 

 deciduous species, has larger pinnae and long, drooping 

 fronds. After losing the fronds this should still be 

 kept in a warm house, and not allowed to get too dry in 

 the pot. All of these are very pretty when grown in 

 pots suspended from the roof, but they do not make 

 large plants. 



Polyphyllum Group. — I may include a good many 

 in this section. The species polyphyllum, also known as 

 cardiochltzna, makes a fine plant of soft pale green with a 

 pretty tint of bronzy-pink when young. A. curvatum is 

 a handsome species ; A. tetraphyllum and its varieties of 

 which gracilis with its deep red-tinted fronds is one of 

 the best, but very rare. A. trapeziforme, A. pentadactylon, 

 A. Neo Caledonicum, and Althopicum alatum (or digitatum) 

 are all showy species. 



Cuneatum Group. — This is the most interesting, 



