July, 1915 . The Queensland Naturalist. 
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Lomaria capensis, sometimes called the Red Cabbage 
Fern, is one which grows erect with a stem, after the manner 
of the Tree fern, though it does not attain a height of more 
than three to four feet. It is easily grown in a pot, and 
makes a handsome plant, its older fronds being a dark, gh)ssy 
green, whilst its young fronds are of a reddish bronze colour. 
\Ve found large quantities of it on Stradbroke Island at the 
large swamp. 
Lomaria discolor is another fern of similar habit, and 
very useful for pot culture. It is somewhat smaller than 
L. capensis, but of even more regular habit, throwing up its 
fronds all round a central axis or crown. It is not by any 
means common, but may be found in the deeply sliaded 
damp gullies between Helidon and Toowoomba, and I have 
had plants from Tweed Heads. 
There are quite a number of ferns which have a very 
similar appearance, and it requires a very close examination 
of the fruiting fronds to be able to separate the difterent 
species. Hypolepis tennifolia, Davallia duhia, Polypodium 
pallidum, Polypodium pmictatnm, Dicksonia davallioides, and 
sometimes Pteris tremula have fronds so much alike, that 
it is easy to be misled. These are all to be found wathin a 
few miles of Brisbane, several, if not all, growing beside the 
Enoggei'a Creek, near to the Stone Bridge, and are all easily 
cultivated, with the exception of Davallia duhia, which I 
have not seen in cultivation, and up to the present I have 
failed in my own attenqTs to grow. They are all ferns of 
large growth if given the requisite shade and moisture. 
Of somewhat similar growth, but more symmetrical are 
Aspleninm nmhrosum and its more delicate variety teiu rum. 
I have not found the former in its native haunts, but it is 
not uncommon amongst fern collections. The latter is to 
be found in the scrubs of South Queensland, Mr. C. White 
and I finding it plentiful at Currumbin. It is easily cultivated 
in pots or in the rockery, though it is veiy susceptible to 
want of moisture. Both these species are very desirable 
additions to - the bush-house. 
Climbing or trailing ferns are quite numerous in Southern 
Queensland, several being quite easy of cultivation. Lygodiuni 
scandens, that beautiful climber with pale green fronds, whose 
fertile pinnules are delicately fringed, must, I think, be 
given pride of place in this group. It mav be obtained in 
almost any of the coastal swamps. It grows freely and will 
soon become a dense pillar of delicate green. 
Polypodium scandens is another pretty climber which 
will also do well in a pot. Unlike the last-mentioned, its 
foliage is dark green. It frequents scrubs only, climbing 
the trunks of .soft-barked trees. 
