Tinted, Variegated, and Crested Ferns. 
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like appendage; at others, tlie variation may be seen 
in the tips of the fronds. 8till, in whatever form 
the character exists, it will be found that the pinnae, 
like the frond extremities (Fig. 8), are affected. 
Fig. 8. Portion of Frond of Nephrodium molle grandiceps. A 
pretty garden variety whose fronds are crested at their 
extremities. 
though not to the same extent. Cristation, 
too, in a simple form is seldom found on 
the stems; but an abnormal fasciated or 
flattened condition is not uncommon. Cris- 
tation, when found in exotic Ferns, is practically 
