THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



A. AFFINE. — New Zealand. Fronds tri-pinnate, 10 to 

 15 inches long, glabrous ; stem creeping. Green- 

 house. 



A. ANEiTEirsE. — Aneitum Isles. Fronds deltoid, tri- 

 pinnate, 18 to 24 inches long, and broad. Stove 

 or warm greenhouse. 



A. Battsei (Fig. 103).— A distinct Hybrid, raised by 



magnificum, Mariesi, O'Brieni, and undulaturn are 

 all desirable varieties of A. capillus-veneris. 

 A. CARDiocnL/ENA. — Columbia. Fronds simply pin- 

 nate, 2 to 3 feet long, and 12 to 18 inches broad. 

 Stove. 



A. catjdatum. — Tropics generally. Fronds simply 

 pinnate, 6 to 12 inches broad, often elongated 



Fig. 103. Adiantum Bausei. 



Mr. C. F. Bause. Fronds spreading and pinnae 



drooping. Has been called the " Sleeping Fern." 



Stove or warm greenhouse. 

 A. eelltjm. — Bermuda. Fronds tufted, bi-pinnate, 3 



to 6 inches high. Greenhouse. 

 A. capillus-Ven-eeis. — Common Maidenhair. Fronds 



variable, 6 to 9 inches long. Greenhouse or frame. 



cornubiense, crispulurn, daphnites, fissiim, grande. 



and rooting at the extremity. Stove or warm 

 greenhouse. A. eiliatum is considered to be a 

 form of the preceding. 



A. coistcinhttm. — Tropical America. Fronds ovate, 

 deltoid, tri-pinnate, 12 to 18 inches long, 6 to 9 

 inches broad, drooping. A. C. latum is of more 

 erect growth than the species. Stove. 



A. CRisTATUM. — West Indies. Fronds 18 to 36 inches 



