GOOD FERNS FOR CULTIVATION. 



broad. Another form of this beautiful fern is the var. 

 latum. 



A. Farley ense^ Hort.^ "appears to be an abnormal form of 

 A. tenenun^ Sw., of garden origin." It is undoubtedly, 

 when well grown, one of the most magnificent of Adiaii- 

 tunis^ perhaps of any of the lower-growing ferns. It 

 never bears fruit. ]\Ir. Such, of South Amboy, N.J., 

 had in 1875 plants of this fern three feet in diameter. 



A. macrophylhu7i, Sw. (Hk., Fil. Ex., PI. 55, and H. and G., 

 PL 132). Fr. 12-30 inches long, 4-8 inches broad. The 

 segments are large, and the color of the 3-oung fronds is 

 a beautiful pink. 



A. Periiviamim., Klotzsch (Hk., Sp. Fil., vol. ii., PI. 81, C). 

 Fr. and segments large. 



A. SanctcB Catherines^ Hoi^t.^ does not very much differ from 

 A. trapeziforme., Linn.., of which it is a variety. 



A. vehitinuni, Moore (Gard. Chron., 1866). Fr. 18-24 inches 

 long, io-;5 inches broad. A fine fern. 



Angiopteris evecta Hoffin. (H. and G., PI. 36, and Flk., Fil. 

 Ex., PI. 75). A very interesting but large and coarse 

 fern, belonging to the sub-order MarattiaceeB of Hk., 

 plants of which order are, on account of their peculiar 

 mode of fruiting and growth, considered by Sachs as 

 pseudo-ferns. 



Aspleniiun Belangeri, Ktinze (Beddome, Ferns of British 

 India, PI. 287). Malayan Peninsula, &c. Fr. 12-18 inches 

 long, erect, graceful. 



A. eicutarinm., Sw. (Lowe, vol. v., PI. 20). Tropical America. 

 Fr. 12-18 inches long, 4-6 broad. A delicate and beau- 

 tiful fern. 



A. fonnositm, Willd. (Hk., Fil. Ex., PI. 16). Tropical Amer- 

 ica. A delicate fern, with fr. 6-12 inches long, and i inch 

 broad. 



A. Zeylanieum, Hk. (Hk., 2d Cent, of F., PL 16). Fr. 6-12 



