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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
GYMNOGRAMMK—ccmtlnued. 
widely apart; tboise nearest the base of tlie frond are 
smallest and of a triangular shape, and they gradually become 
larger land more elongated as they become farther removed 
from the crown from which they are produced, attaining 
Fig. 95. Gymnogramme tartarea, one of the most popular 
species Known to cultivation ; the fronds beneath are 
covered with snow=white powder. 
their greatest length in the centre of the fronds. The 
stalks are lin. to 6in. long, but generally short, slender, 
of a chestnut-brown colour, and often powdery. The leafits 
are fan-shaped, with undivided or cleft, wedge-shaped seg- 
ments of a soft, papery texture, pale green above, and 
