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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



SjJecies Filicum, i., p. 169, t. 50b. Nicliolson^ Dictionary of Gardening^ i., 

 p. 445. Lowe.^ Ferns British and Exotic^ viii., t. 28. Beddome,- Ferns of 

 Southern India, t. 17. 



D. hullata is one of the most useful Davallias in cultivation, succeeding 

 equally well in stove or gTeenliouse, and making a very fine specimen, whether 

 grown in a shallow pan of good dimensions, in a hanging basket, on a pyramid 

 of peat, or on a vertical piece of cork or Tree Fern stem, where the rhizomes 

 have plenty of room for extension. 



D. Calvescens— cal-ves'-cens (bald, naked). Synonymous with D. marginalis. 



Fig, 27. Davallia canariensis 



(i nat. size). • 



D. (Eudavallia) canariensis — Eu-dav-aF-li-a ; can-a'-ri-en-sis (from the 

 Canaries), Smith. 



This old favourite, probably the best known of all Davallias, and 

 commonly called the " Hare's-foot Fern," derives its popular name from the 

 peculiar nature of its prostrate stems (Fig. 27), which are stout, naturally 

 creeping downwards, curving over the sides of the pot in which it grows, 



