A Dictionary of Choice Ferns. 
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ADIANTUM — continued. 
its compact habit land bluish-green foliage. The pleasing 
aspect of this plant renders it a most valuable Adiantum, 
the more so that it requires but little or no artificial heat 
for its cultivation. On that account it ranks as one of the 
best dwarf Ferns for the cool conservatory and the green- 
house. It has proved perfectly hardy in Cornwall and 
Devonshire. Fig. 5, p. 8. 
Fig. 60. Adiantum macrophyllum, a very elegant Stove Fern 
of upright habil. 
A. Moorei. 
A remarkably elegant, stove species, native of Peru, 
much more generally knowm in gardens as A. amahile. Its 
handsome fronds, w^hich frequently attain 2ft. in length 
by 1ft. or more in breadth, are borne on slender, black, 
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