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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
ADIASTVM— continued. 
New Zealand. It is mucli better known and extensively 
grown under the name of A. setulosum. In general liabit 
it shows a tendency towards the A, pedatum group, for its 
fronds, which seldom attain more than lOin. in height, are 
once divided to the midrib, or provided with one to three 
branches at the base. These leaflets or branches are fur- 
nished with leafits of a thin texture, ^in. long and ^in. 
Fig 58. Adiantum diaphanum, a most useful Maidenhair 
for employing as an edging for the conservatory. 
broad, the lower line rather decurved, the upper one nearly 
parallel with it, notched like the blunt outer edge. The 
kidney-shaped sori are numerous, and disposed singly, five 
to seven on each pinnule. Fig. 58. This pretty species is 
of easy culture, and very useful for cutting. It is also of 
