Tinted, Variegated, and Crested Ferns. 
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Lornaria Syicant and its many beautiful varieties ; 
Woodsia caiicasica and W . hyperhorea. For stove 
or greenhouse culture an even more extended list is 
available. So tbat the prospective cultivator with 
only comparatively small structures, so long as the 
heating capacity is sufficient, has plenty of choice. 
Tinted, Variegated, and Crested Ferns. 
It is often stated by way of disparaging Ferns, 
that compared with Flowering plants they are far 
Fig. 4. Scaly Spleenwort (Asplenium Ceterach), an interesting 
British dwarf species found growing on walls and ruins 
from sea=level to 600ft. above. 
less attractive to the eye. Usually such statements 
emanate from those whose knowledge of the subject 
is confined to a few species of British, or it may be 
of European origin. To those who have this some- 
what warped view of a really marvellous family, the 
best thing is to recommend a visit to any collection 
giving place to the Japanese, North American, and 
East and West Indian species. There will be found 
a wealth of colour which will favourably compare 
with that found in the Flowering plants of even those 
