BRITISH FERNS. 
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No. s. d . 
Blechnum L. 
176 Spicant latifrons M. 2 6 
177 — minimum M. 2 6 
178 — multiforme Stansf. 3 6 
179 — porrectum M. 3 6 
180 — projectum M . — a more extraordinary sport than this is, perhaps, not 
in cultivation — the 8 to 12 inches fronds are narrow (| to \ inch), in 
some the lobes are entirely wanting, there being, instead, laminas, 
so to speak, almost continuous, on each side of the rachis; in others, 
the lobes are extremely short, but at intervals come out to the usual 
length; not unfrequently the frond throws off branches in the most 
curious fashion, sometimes directly at right angles to the main 
rachis : highly desirable 2 6 
181 ramosum 6 0 
182 — ramosum Xinham — variously branched, all the fronds splendidly 
crested at the ends — often confounded with B. S. cristatum 2 0 
183 anomalum Stansf. 3 6 
184 brevilobum 5 0 
185 — repandum M. 3 6 
186 — Serra M. 3 6 
187 — serratum rigidum Stansf. — fronds about 9 inches long, distinctly pin- 
nate, mostly crested at the ends, pinnae distant, serrated on both 
the upper and lower sides; the whole plant extremely rigid: a very 
fine and distinct variety 5 0 
188 — serrulatum Stansf. 2 0 
189 — strictum Francis — less than the species, lobes prettily toothed, many 
of them laciniate and depauperate Is. 6d. to 2 6 
190 — subserratum M. 2 6 
191 — undulatum M. — new, very fine 10 6 
192 — variabile M. 3 6 
The Hard F era is not a fastidious species. It may he grown in 
loam , or it may he grown in loam mixed with peat , or it succeeds 
grown in a stiff, clayey soil ; hut it has some preferences and one 
very decided antipathy — it prefers moist situations with a northern 
aspect, and dislikes lime. The lime, indeed, appears to he as 
injurious to the Blechnum Spicant among ferns as it is to the Com- 
mon Ling among flowering plants. IAme, in all its forms, therefore , 
should he avoided ; even water containing lime should not he used. 
In planting, intersperse small fragments of grit-roch through the 
compost, to consist, say of loam. , turfy peat, leaf-mould, and sand. 
The Hard Fern is one of the commonest of our evergreen species. 
When planted in a moist, shady nooh of the rockery, as it ought to 
he, the deep-green colour of its shining fronds ( barren ) makes it a 
very beautiful object. Some of its varieties are among the most 
interesting of ferns. In the above directions, the treatment of the 
varieties is, of course included. 
Botrychium Swartz. 
193 Lunaria Swartz — Common Moonwort 1 0 
Plant in sandy loam or peat, and keep moderately and uniformly 
moist during the period of growth. 
Ceterach Willd. (Asplenium Grammitis). 
194 officinarum Willd . — Common Scaly Spleenwort or Scale Fern 1 0 
195 — crenatum M. 1 6 
