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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
DAVALLIA — continued. 
notdi-ed (Fig. 3, p. 6). The sori are disposed two to ten to 
a lobe. This plant is particularly well adapted for grow- 
ing on a Tree Fern trunk, in which position it is shown 
to great advantage. When grown in a pan or a pot it 
requires very little soil, as it is only surface-rooting. 
Fig. 88. Davallia fijiensis, one of the most elegantly graceful 
species in the genus ; its fronds, though finely cut, are 
very durable. 
D. hirta cristata. 
A fine, crested form, usually found in gardens under 
the name of Microlepia hirta cristata. It was introduced 
into this country from the South Sea Islands, and is 
greatly superior in decorative qualities to the type, being 
equally vigorous, but of a much more elegant, spreading 
