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The Fern Garden. 
stant in his work, will find that the secret of success 
with this class of ferns is unremitting attention . 
The following are the names of the best gold and 
silver ferns in cultivation : 
Adiantum sulphureum , the Golden Maidenhair. This 
exquisite plant only needs careful greenhouse treatment. 
Cheilanthes argentea , a delicate silver fern; green- 
house. C. horsigiana, golden ; stove. C. farinosa, 
silver; a fine species very distinct, requiring great care; 
stove. C . fragrans , a lovely little gem tinged with 
orange, well adapted for greenhouse or case. When 
dried agreeably fragrant. C . elegans , silvery, a most 
delicate and much prized fern, best grown in a warm 
greenhouse, in a compost of lumpy peat and broken 
bricks or stone. C . pulveracea , the under side silvery, 
the edges golden : a fine companion to C . farinosa , and 
needing the same treatment. 
; Gymnogramma chrysophylla , the finest of all gold 
ferns ; it must be grown in the stove. G. Peruviana 
argyrophylla , silvery-grey on both surfaces, a splendid 
stove fern. G. ochracea, slightly golden, easy to grow, 
but needing to be kept in the stove all winter. G. sul - 
phurea, a pretty little plant, light green above, sulphur- 
yellow beneath ; must have stove treatment. G. Tar - 
tarea , the under side of the fronds pure silvery-white, 
the best of all silver ferns for beginners ; it thrives in 
the stove, but may be kept in good condition in a green- 
house. 
Nothochlcena argentea , a fine silvery companion to 
Cheilanthes farinosa , and requiring similar care. N. 
flavens, an exquisitely beautiful miniature golden fern ; 
