BRITISH FERNS 
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No. 8, 
Athyrium Both. 
135 Filix-foemina remotum W. 10 
136 — rhseticum M. 1 
137 — stenodon M. 5s. to 7 
138 — stenophyllum ill 
139 — stipatum W. 
140 — subdepauperatum M. . . 5 
141 — tenue M. . . 7 
142 — thyssanotum M. — ends of fronds terminating in a multiplication of 
parts intormediate between cresting and branching, pinnae on lower 
portion of frond furcate or ramose — a highly interesting va- 
riety 2s. 6d. to ft 
143 — tortile M > 5s. to 42 
144 — uncum IF. (not of Moore ) 21 
145 — variable M 5 
146 — Yemonise Jervis — fronds over 2 feet in lenght, and from 4 to 6 inches 
in breadth, pinnae ovate-lanceolate, pinnules large, ovate in outline, 
deeply toothed, approaching to pinnatifid. The broad, semipinnatifid 
pinnules render this one of the loveliest varieties of lady-fern in cul- 
tivation. The young plants resemble the variety conioides, and from 
this circumstance some people have been led to confound the two ; 
but in addition to the great difference in point of size, as well as 
in other respects, of the two varieties when mature, their habits are 
altogether different, that of Vernonice being erect, whilst that of 
conioides is lax and spreading 5s. to 21 
147 — Victoriae M . — a splendid novelty, the finest of all the crested forms. 
Mr. Moore regards it as the “ Queen of Lady Ferns,” and has named 
it accordingly 10s. 6d. to 21 
The most important requirements of the Lady-fern audits numerous 
varieties are, abundance of moisture in the growing season and 
partial shade. When grown in pots, they should have, at the above 
season, abundance of pot-room. Thorough drainage is of less im+ 
portance. Plant in a compost of fibrous peat, loam (in large proportion), 
leaf-mould and sand. The Athyrium Filix-foemina and its varieties 
are all of them deciduous; they are perfectly hardy, and make beau - 
tiful objects for the out-door fernery. They are still more beautiful 
when cultivated in a greenhouse, under the conditions stated above ; 
their graceful , delicate -looking and often exquisitely divided or 
crested fronds, undamaged by sun or shower, are then seen in all their 
loveliness . There are, we should suppose, few more beautiful objects 
in the fern-world than a mature, well-grown example of No. 127. 
Blechnum L. (Lomaria Hooker.) 
148 Spicant Smith (boreale Swartz) — Common Hard Fern 0 6 
149 — aberrans W. 5 0 
150 — anomalum M. — fronds attenuated, pinnae contracted, all fertile half 
way down : an extraordinary variety . . 3 0 
151 minus — almost membranceous in texture, all the fronds fertile 
half way : a small and very beautiful variety 3 0 
152 — apiculatum M. 
153 — bifidum W. 
154 — caudatum M. — less than the species, fronds terminating in long, tail- 
like processes 2s. 6d. to 5 0 
155 — cladophorum M : 3s. 6d. to 5 0 
156 — concinnum M. — fronds very narrow, from 12 to 18 inches long, and 
from i to ^ inch wide, lobes nearly round, beautifully crenulated on 
the edges, fertile fronds much longer than the barren, little more 
than a rachis the lobes being abbreviated into simple nodes bearing 
the sri : a most beautiful variety , . . . . . 5s. to 10 6 
157 — * contractum M. . , . . , . . . , . , . 2@. to 3 6 
