582 



THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT. 



Z. (Batemannia) Burtii. White, yellow, and brown. Costa 

 Rica. W. 

 Z. (Batemannia) meleagris. White, yellow, and brown. Brazil. W. 

 Z. Burkei. Green, white, and red. Guiana. I. 

 Z. crinitum. Green, brown, white, and purple. Brazil. I. 

 Z. grandiflorum. Green, brown, and purple. Colombia. I. 



Z. Mackayii. White, green, and purple. Brazil. I. 



Z. maxillare. Green, brown, and violet. Organ Mountains. I. 



Z. rostratum. Greenish-brown and white. Demerara. I. 



[j. o'b.] 



Tig. 710.— Vanda teres. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 

 FERNS— STOVE AND GREENHOUSE. 



General Treatment— Insects — Rockery — List of 

 Ferns — Lycopodiums. 



The directions given at page 199 for the con- 

 struction of houses for stove and greenhouse 

 plants may be followed in making provision 

 for the cultivation of a collections of Ferns. 

 Whatever modifications are necessary will de- 

 pend chiefly on the object for which the Ferns 

 are grown; if for general effect, then a large 

 structure with ample provision for a moist 

 atmosphere is to be recommended. "Where 

 space can be afforded, either in a portion of 



a conservatory or in the shadiest house in a 

 range, a collection of Ferns may be grouped 

 on a low rockery in such a manner as to be 

 a pleasing picture all the year round. Such 

 an arrangement is shown in fig. 711, which 

 represents a group of Ferns in a corner of the 

 Great Temperate House at Kew. In many 

 gardens Ferns are grown in combination with 

 other decorative plants, readily adapting them- 

 selves to the conditions afforded in an ordinary 

 plant-house. 



Ferns in nature grow in shaded positions, 

 because they thus obtain more moisture than 

 when in positions exposed to the full influence 

 of the sun. At the same time most of them 

 enjoy bright light, even exposure to full sun- 

 light, provided they have plenty of moisture 



