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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
is a dense dwarf variety. C. montana has triangular fronds 
produced from underground rhizomes. It needs a sheltered, 
moist, sunless spot,, perfectly drained with broken brick, etc., 
and a compost of very fibrous peat, with a little loam and 
silver sand. Snails and slugs are fond of it. It must always 
be kept moist. 
Dicksortia (Dennstaedtia) Punctilobula. — A 
North American deciduous fern, having a creeping under- 
ground rhizome, which produces abundantly erect, twice 
divided fronds 18 to 24m. high and 6 to 7in. wide, soft in 
texture. It thrives in loam, leaf-mould, peat and sand in 
equal quantities. The fronds are fragrant. 
Hypolepis ant hri sc i folia. — A slender creeping 
fern, with very finely-divided lace-like fronds, 6 to 7in. long 
and about 3in. broad. Needs absolute shade from sun and to 
be grown in rough peat with plenty of stones added. It thrives 
and looks best on the edge of a rock or amongst a pile of 
large stones, over which it will creep. Protection in severe 
weather is advisable. Propagate by division of creeping stem. 
Lomaria. — Lomaria alpina is a pretty miniature fern 
from New Zealand, having pinnate evergreen fronds, only about 
4in. long. It has a creeping rhizome, and should be planted 
where it will not be overgrown. Peat and sand suits it. L. 
Chilensis grows one to two feet high, and is not unlike a 
vigorous examples of our native L. Spicant. Dark evergreen 
fronds. Treat as the foregoing. L. Spicant, our native Hard 
Fern, is better known as Blechnum Spicant, or B. boreale. 
It is easily grown, thriving even in stiff, cla,yey soil, with little 
or no shade ; it is therefore useful for the more exposed parts 
of the fernery. Barren fronds, dark green, once divided and 
low ; fertile fronds tall, erect, and with slender divisions reach- 
ing anything up to a foot in height. There are several varie- 
ties, the chief being Aitkeneanum, crested ; Maunderii, dense 
and dwarf ; plumose, serrated and much divided ; trineovo- 
coronans. fronds divided into three at the base, and the apices 
again divided into a crest. 
Lycopodium (Club Moss). — The Club Mosses are 
selaginella-like plants, several of which grow in the Scotch 
and other mountainous heaths and pastures. They are not 
easy to establish, however, resenting removal and having 
but few roots. The best native kinds are L. alpinum, L. 
annotinum, L. clavatum (Common Club Moss), and L. selago 
(Fir Club Moss). More showy than these is the North 
American L. dendroideum, called there the “ Ground Pine ” 
from its resembling a miniature fir tree. It has erect and 
much branched stems, 6 to gin. tall, beset with small, shining, 
