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STANSFIELDS’ CATALOGUE. 
No. s. d. 
Scolopendrium Smith. 
vulgare. 
limestone ( or a small quantity of old crumbled mortar , or broken 
oyster shells ) being interspersed through the compost , the Hart’s 
Tongue fern being a true limestone plant. Provided the drainage 
be perfect, too much water can hardly be given during the season of 
growth , though , of course, it is not well to subject the plants to a 
constant deluge. All the kinds of Scolopendrium not of a vigorous 
habit of growth are, here, cultivated under glass. 
Trichomanes B- 
571 radicans Swartz (brevisetum) — Bristle Fern 5s. to 10 6 
572 — Andrewsii M. 10 6 
This beautiful species requires about similar treatment, so far as 
regards planting , to that recommended for the British Hymeno- 
phyllums. Though it is best, as a rule, to grow the Bristle Fern in 
a close, glazed, case, it frequently makes most luxuriant growths with- 
out such confinement, and planted merely in a shady comer of a cool 
house. But a uniformly moist atmosphere is essential, and when 
this condition cannot be ensured in the place where the fern is to be 
grown, then a glazed case becomes necessary. What moistwe the 
plants receive should be in the form of exhalation ; avoid casting 
water directly upon the fronds. It will be seen that the lovely 
Bristle Fern, in cultivation, is essentially a greenhouse or quasi - 
greenliouse species. 
Woodsia B. Brown. 
573 alpiua Gray (hyperborea) 5s. to 7 6 
571 liven sis (R. Bro-wri) 3s. 6d, to 5 0 
Stagnant water and stagnant air are alike huntful to these 
beautiful little ferns ; ample drainage and thorough ventilation are 
therefore essential conditions, in cultivation. But though well 
drained , the soil should not be allowed, to get too dry. A cool , airy 
situation, with a moist soil, is the one in uhich the plants are most 
at home. For compost use mainly fibrous peat, with a fair amount 
of silver-sand, a little thoroughly decomposed leaf -mould, a/nd a 
small proportion of loam. As the Woodsias require a cool situation, 
one with a northern aspect is obviously the best. 
Lycopodium B. 
bib alpinum L . — Alpine Club Moss 2 6 
575 clavatum L . — Common do 1 6 
577 Selago L. — Fir do 1 6 
578 selaginoides L. — Prickly do 2 6 
The Club Mosses should be planted in fibrous peat, intermixed 
with sphagnum ( chopped small ). 
HARDY EXOTIC FERNS AND LYCOPODS. 
The letter D. denotes that the kind is not evergreen. The asterisk (*) denotes that 
the plant succeeds better if protected in winter. 
Adiantum. 
579 Capillus- Veneris, variety Moritzianum* Is. 6d. to 3 6 
580 „ ,, from Pompeii* Is, 6d, to 3 6 
581 pedatum D North America 2s. 6d. to 3 6 
