Climbing and Trailing Ferns, 
15 
Trailing Ferns are of almost infinite variety; 
while the ways in which 
they may be effectively 
utilised in the decoration 
of Ferneries are as numer- 
ous as the species them- 
selves. It is to this group 
that we largely look for 
material for clothing un- 
sightly wood-work, the 
trunks of Tree Ferns, and 
for furnishing hanging- 
baskets (Fig. 11). As there 
are some species and 
varieties that are at home 
in the warm-house, and 
others in the cool-house, 
their utility in the general 
scheme of decoration will 
be at once apparent. Ferns 
possessing the character- 
istics chiefly belong to 
Davallia, Gleichenia, 
Nephrolepis, and Poly- 
podium, though these by 
no means exhaust the list 
of genera that furnish 
individuals falling under 
the heading of " trailers. 
D a V all i a c an ar iensis 
(Hare's-Foot Fern), D, 
hullata (Squirrel's-Foot 
Fern), and D, Tyermanni 
(Bear's - Foot Fern) are 
three species as popular as 
they are decorative. Next 
to Davallia in point of 
utility comes the genus 
NepJiTole^iis, though in 
point of number of species 
available it is weak in com- 
parison therewith. Polypodium has already been 
Fig. 10. Lygodium palma= 
turn, a delicate=looking, 
but very robust climbing 
Fern for the greenhouse. 
