CLASSIFICATION FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES. 



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angulare, and also of Scolopendrium vulgare, most of which are of garden 

 origin. 



The division of the cultivated Ferns into several sections will enable the 

 reader to form a much better estimate of the various uses to which plants 

 belonging to each separate section can be put. Before commencing the descrip- 

 tion of the species and varieties of known Ferns, we will, in the following 

 chapters, endeavour to make the reader acquainted with the peculiarities of 

 the plants belonging to the sections, as follows : (1) Tree Ferns ; (2) Gigantic 

 Non-arborescent Ferns ; (3) Small -growing Ferns ; (4) Ferns with Coloured or 

 Tinted Fronds ; (5) Variegated and Crested Ferns ; (6) Cold and Silver Ferns; 

 (7) Climbing, Trailing, and Drooping Ferns; (8) Filmy or Transparent Ferns ; 

 (9) Viviparous or Bulbil-bearing Ferns ; and (10) Curious Ferns, whose appear- 

 ance is totally distinct from what a Fern is generally supposed to be, viz., the 

 embodiment of grace and elegance. 



