IS 



POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



plant was formerly supposed to cure disorders of that part 

 of the body. The well-known species A. Filix-fcemina, Ian- 

 ceolatum> Adiantum-nigrum, Ruta-muraria, septentrionale, 

 marinum, Trichomanes, and viride are natives of our own 

 soil. The following foreigners are introduced from Europe, 

 and can be grown in the garden, as Halleri, from Switzer- 

 land ; jissuM, from Hungary ; Petrarchce, from France ; but 

 palmatum, from the South of Europe, requires the frame 

 in winter, Erom America we have Michauxii, montanum, 

 thelypteroides, melanocaulon, ebeneum, and angustifolium : 

 these are also tolerably hardy ; but acutum and Canariense, 

 from the Canaries ; diversifolktm and ohtusatum, from New 

 Zealand; falcahim and flabelUfolhm, from New South 

 Wales ; and monanthemum, from the Cape, and other spe- 

 cies, are all greenhouse Eerns, and a very elegant and beau- 

 tiful tribe. A, Australe, falca ta, and sen a are now removed 

 to a new genus, Acropieris ; diversifolia, hulbifera, rhizo- 

 phylla, laxa } and Odontites are generically called Darea ; and 

 there are still others which may be procured for the green- 

 house. 



