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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
ADIANTUM — continued. 
A. c. Luddemannianum. 
This curious and very striking variety, of garden origin, 
is quite different from any other Maidenhair in cultiviation. 
The peculiarity which distinguishes this Adiantum from all 
others consists in its leafits being crested, usually clustered 
at the extremities of the erect fronds, which are produced 
Fig. 57. Adiantum cuneatum grandiceps, an attractive 
form with tasselled leaflets. 
from a tufted crown, and branch about a third of the way 
up. These pinnules, which are much curled, and borne on 
short stalks, are generally fan-shaped and deep green. It 
is a very elegant variety, of small dimensions, rarely exceed- 
ing lOin. in height, and completely sterile. Its parentage 
as a hybrid would be difficult to trace, as it is the first 
