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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



Asplenium. It is the same plant which, in Continental collections, is to be 

 found under the name of A. fcecundum, and it is well worth growing for the 

 diversity of its foliage. The thick fronds, 2ft. to 3ft. long and 8in. to 12in. 



Fig, 86 Frond and Pinna of Asplenium compressum 



(Frond, J nat. size; Pinna, nearly nafc. size). 



broad, are borne on stout, erect, green stipes (stalks) 6in. to Sin. long and 

 clothed in the lower part with dark brown scales ; the crown from which 

 they are produced is also entirely covered with similar scales. These fronds 



