June 9,1831.] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 471 
be grown where it would not be thought worth while to sow or 
plant an}dhing else. Experienced people who see the kitchen 
garden here generally remark the economical way the odd corners 
are utilised ; but the practice need not be confined to the vege¬ 
table quarters. In the pleasure grounds there are often many 
vacant spots which might be filled with annual and herbaceous 
plants which would yield a supply of useful flowers in their 
season, and that too without interfering with other arrange¬ 
ments. 
Under glass there are numerous odd corners which may be 
most profitably employed to produce various useful and orna¬ 
mental plants. In moderately cool houses Tea Roses may be 
placed in any spare corner, and numbers of flowers will be had 
from them. Tomatoes are also suitable for such places, and a 
crop may be had from them in a short time, when they may be 
cleared away to give place to other things. Briefly, anyone who 
makes the utmost use of all their odd corners for a few months 
as a trial will never give up the system.—M. M. 
ADIANTTJM BAUSEI. 
We have been asked for particulars relative to this Fern. Our 
reply is, that it is one of the most distinct and elegant forms 
of the numerous and deservedly popular Maidenhair Ferns, the 
peculiarity of which has during the past year attracted much 
attention. It is reported to be a hybrid between A. trapeziforme 
Fig. 107.—ADIAXTUM BAUSEI. 
and A. concinnum, obtained at the Auerley Nursery of the General 
Horticultural Company. Spores of the two species named were 
sowrn in one pot, and, among many young plants produced of both 
forms, one very distinct in character of a drooping habit was 
observed. This was carefully preserved, grew rapidly, and, 
proving fertile, spores were readily obtained, from which a large 
stock of Ferns was raised, possessing all the characters of the 
parent. But a remarkable origin and peculiarity of form are not 
the only recommendations of this Fern, for it deserves to rank 
among the best plants for decorative purposes, and the fronds 
appear to possess sufficient firmness of texture to endure exposure 
either in a moderately low temperature or the dry atmosphere of 
rooms. Certificates have been awarded for it at the chief metro¬ 
politan exhibitions. For the accompanying woodcut we are 
indebted to the above-named firm. 
BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY’S SHOW. 
TUNBRIDGE WELLS.— Juke 6th to 10th. 
Under the skilful guidance of the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Boscawen 
the horticultural department admirably sustains and adds to its 
reputation at this meeting, which opened on Monday and closes on 
Friday. The large tent devoted to flowers is well filled with a host 
of magnificent specimens, so well grown as to be worthy of close 
inspection individually, and all of them contributing much to the 
general effect. There can be no doubt that most of the plants im¬ 
press the visitors all the more strongly from the consummate taste 
