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STANSFIELDS’ CATALOGUE. 
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Ceterach Willd. 
Compost to consist of, part old lime or mortar rubbish, part peat, 
and part small fragments of limestone, the Scale Fern being a true 
limestone plant; and as it is extremely impatient of water, partic- 
ular care should be taken about the drainage ; in watering, avoid 
wetting the f ronds. 
Cystopteris (Aspidium, Polypodium). 
196 fragilis Bernh 0 
197 — angustata Link 1 
198 — decurrens M. 1 
199 — dentata Hooker 1 
200 — Dickieana M. 1 
201 crispa Tait 5 
202 — furcans M. 1 
203 — interrupta W. 2 
204 — sempervirens M. 2 
20o inontana Bernh 3s. 6d. to 5 
206 regia ( Desvaux ) — Alpine Bladder Fern 3 
The Cystopteris fragilis and its varieties do well in a compost of 
fibrous peat and loam , with a little thoroughly decayed leaf mould 
and fine sand added , and a small amount of old crumbled mortar. 
They are especially eligible for situations a little moist in the rockery. 
In pot culture, a few small fragments of limestone may be introduced 
into the compost and the caudex of the plant placed, erect, between 
these. It is important to drain well. C. montana may be grown in 
shallow pans half filled ivith drainage and half with the compost 
described above. We have occasionally seen this fern (C. montana) 
in moist, shady situations, luxuriating in a compost consisting almost 
wholly of loam. 
Gymnogramma Desvaux (Anogramma). 
207 leptopliylla Desvaux 1 
A small, annual species, extremely pretty. Plant in a compost of 
peat, loam, leaf -mould and fine sand; moisture is important: the 
drainage should be perfect. 
Hymenophyllum Smith. 
208 Tunliridgense Smiths— Tunbridge Filmy Fern Is. 6d. to 5 
209 unilaterale Bory (Wilsoni Hooker) — Wilson’s Film Fern ...Is. 6d. to 3 
These require very little soil. In planting, the pots or pans should 
be filled within a couple of inches of the top with drainage (the 
coarsest at the bottom) ; over the drainage spread a layer of compost 
consisting of loam, peat and silver sand thoroughly saturated with 
water. Pin the plants down upon this, stand the pots in water, and 
place in a moist atmosphere, in the shade. H. unilaterale may, at 
not unfrequent intervals, be watered through a fine-rosed syringe. 
Last re a Presl. (Aspidium). 
210 semula Brackenridge (feenisecii , recurva ) — Hay-scented Buckler Fern 1 
Plant in a compost of loam, peat and sand, and water freely but 
not excessively. This pretty , crispy -looking fern is evergreen; it is 
of dwarf , compact growth, and a most desirable fern for the rockery, 
where it should have a moist situation. 
211 cristata Presl — Broad Buckler Fern Is. 6d. to 2 
212 — spinulosa M. 1 
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