1XXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



in the stove, the greenhouse, or out of doors in rockeries or shaded 

 nooks and corners. Amongst Stove Ferns there was a goodly 

 display of Adiantum or Maidenhead Ferns, about twenty species 



Fig. 57. — Adiantum pedatum. 



of this beautiful and popular family being present, with their 

 rich glossy black stems and feathery clusters of fronds variously 

 tinted with green. Noticeable was A. Farley ense (fig. 56), an 

 exceedingly beautiful form of the tropical American A. tenerum. 



Fig. 58. — G. schizophylla gloeiosa. 



It has a graceful habit, and when well grown is most valuable 

 for exhibition purposes. A nice plant, which may be grown in a 

 greenhouse, or even out of doors in some parts of England, was 

 A. pedatum (fig. 57), with light-green ornamental fronds. 



