14 STANSFIELDS’ CATALOGUE. 
No. 
Polypodium L. 
298 vulgare L . — Common Polypody 6d. to 
299 — acuturn M. 
300 — acutum-nanum 
301 — auritnm Willd 
302 — bifidum Francis 
303 — Cambricum L . — Welsh Polypody — this splendid variety differs so 
widely from the type that many authors have looked upon it as a 
species. “ It is,” says Mr. Moore, “ perhaps the most beautiful of 
all known varieties of Polypodium .” Fronds 10 to 18 inches long, 
2 to 6 inches broad, deeply bipinnatifid throughout. The plant is 
uniformly barren. Though one of the oldest varieties known, its 
beauty and value are so well recognised, and the consequent demand 
for it so large, that tradesmen rarely possess stock 2s. to 
304 — compositum M. ... 
305 — crenatum W. 
306 — cristatum M . — fronds about the normal size ; “ the point of each 
lobe multifid ; the apex of the frond itself more or less ramose, 
the branches being crisped and tasselled.” A thoroughly distinct 
and very pretty variety 
307 — deltoideum 
308 — elegantissimum 
309 — marginatum W. 
310 — multiforme Clowes 
311 — multifido-cristatum 
312 — obtusum Stansf. 
313 — omnilacerum M . — the affinities of this lovely form are with Cambricum; 
it is of a somewhat less robust habit, and fertile; the fronds are about 
the normal size, and bipinnatifid throughout. It is to this form that 
we should award the palm of beauty among varieties of P. vulgare ; 
its worthy rivals are Cambricum and pulcherrimum 3s. 6d. to 
314 — Paigntonense ^ 
315 — pulcherrimum M . — a recently-discovered variety, hardly inferior in 
point of beauty and attractiveness to the one last described ( omni- 
lacerum). It may be said to be intermediate in character between 
Cambricum and the pretty commonly known semilacerum , having 
the handsome bipinnatifid character of the former with the abundant 
fertility of the latter. The plant is of vigorous habit, soon making 
splendid specimens. It was first sent into the trade from here, 
some years ago 3s. 6d. to 
316 — ramosum M. 
317 — semilacerum Link (Hibernicum AT.) — Irish Polypody 
318 — serratum Willd 
319 — Thorntoniana 
Polypodium vulgare is a fine evergreen, and the most beautiful 
varieties , such as Cambricum, omnilacerum and pulcherrimum, are, 
perhaps , the freest-growing . Plant in a compost of fibrous peat , 
leaf -mould and silver-sand, taking care to give ample drainage, and 
to place the rhizomes on the surface of the soil, securing them there 
with wooden pins until the plant is well established. No ferns are 
more patient of neglect than these , though the cultivator will hardly 
be tempted to neglect any of the beautiful varieties referred to above. 
Polysticum Schott (Aspidium). 
320 aculeatum Poth — Prickly Shield Fern Is. to 
321 — acrocladon Lowe — a splendid form; somewhat narrow fronds, 
12 to 18 inches long, of a rich deep-green colour, and branch- 
ing and rebranching at the apex so as to form a large corymb; 
pinnae confluent towards the apices, and crested 3s. 6d. to 
;. d. 
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2 6 
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