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heat. Pot in equal parts of loam, peat, leaf-soil, and sand, and afford some shade. 

 Spores and division. 



Leucostegia. — L. immersa, a greenhouse species, is suitable for a hanging basket, or 

 may be potted in a mixture of two parts loam to one of leaf-soil and sand. A shady 

 position is desirable. Spores and by division of the rhizomes. 



Lomaria. — A large genus which comprises numerous handsome species, some 

 requiring heat, others succeeding well in an ordinary greenhouse, and a few are 

 perfectly hardy. L. discolor bipinnatifida, L. gibba and L. l'Herminieri should be 

 grown in a stove or warm greenhouse ; while L. attenuata, L. blechnoides, L. chilensis, 

 L. ciliata (Fig. 108), L. falcata, 

 L. lanceolata, L. nuda, and L. 

 zamisefolia succeed in a green- 

 house. Pot in equal parts of 

 loam, peat, and leaf-soil, adding 

 sand freely. A shady position is 

 desirable. Increased by spores, 

 and the dwarf species can also 

 be divided at potting time. For 

 the illustrations of Lomaria and 

 Cheilanthes we are indebted to 

 Messrs. B. S. Williams & Sons, 

 Holloway. 



Lygodium. — Climbing Ferns. 

 L. dichotomum succeeds best in 

 a stove ; L. scandens (japonicum) 

 may be grown in a warm greenhouse, L. palmatum in a cool greenhouse. Pot in equal 

 parts of peat, loam, and leaf-soil, adding sand and charcoal. Grow in a shady position 

 and train the fronds over trellises or stakes. Propagated by spores and by division of 

 the old plants at the time of potting. 



Maeattia. — Strong-growing, moisture-loving ferns. M. alata and M. Cooperi 

 should be grown in a stove ; a warm greenhouse suiting M. fraxinea. Pot in equal parts 

 of loam, peat, and river-sand. Grow in a moist, shady position. Increased by spores. 



Meniscium. — A genus of stove evergreen ferns, with rhizomatous stems. The species 

 most frequently met with is M. reticulatum. Pot in equal parts of loam, peat, leaf-soil, 



Fig. 108. Lomaria ciliata. 



