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be fixed to the side of the case or to an adjacent wall, and if the fumes 
arising from combustion are made to pass through a charcoal purifier no 
unpleasant smells will arise in the room. 
A SELECTION OF FIFTY FERNS FOR CASES THAT ARE NOT HEATED. 
The following selection includes such kinds only as can be grown in cases 
without heat; but as a few of those named will be injured by frost, it will 
be well to protect the case with a woollen cover during the night in frosty 
weather. 
British Ferns.—T he true Maiden-hair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris , is 
compact in growth, very beautiful, and in every way suitable for closed cases. 
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum and A. trichomanes are both very dwarf, and prefer 
a dry position; therefore, they should be planted upon the most prominent 
points of the rockery. The Sea Spleenwort, A. marinum , though hardy, 
never presents such a beautiful appearance as when grown under glass. We 
pass over the beautiful varieties of the male and female ferns, because of their 
deciduous character and want of beauty during the winter months. The 
Welsh Polypody, Polypodium vulgare Cambricum , and the Irish Polypody, 
P. vulgare semilacerum , are both first-rate in every respect, but the good old 
English Polypody, P. vulgare , is not to be despised. Polystichum angulare 
cristatum, P. a. grandiceps , P. a. perserratum , P. a. plumosum , and P. a. 
proliferum Wollastoni, are all elegant in habit, and have the desirable quali¬ 
fication of a hardy constitution. The strap-like leaves of the Scolopendriums 
contrast well with the light'feathery fronds of the preceding, and must not be 
passed over. Of these select S. vulgare crispurn , »S. v. laceratum, S. v. 
marginatum , S. v. ramosum , S. v. ramo-cristatum, »S. v. ramo-marginatum. 
Exotic Ferns .—Adiantum AEtliiopium , A. affine , A. as simile, A. capillus 
veneris , A. cuneatum , A. formosum , A. hispidulum , A. pedatum, are all beautiful, 
but they must not be wetted overhead more than can be helped. Asplenium 
bulb iferu m, A. fceniculaceum, A. palmatum , A. alatum , frugrans, Colensoi ,— 
these are all of free growth and remarkably beautiful. Cyrtomium falcatum is 
rather coarse in comparison with those previously named, but it is so bold and 
distinct in character that it cannot be omitted. Blechnum gracile is a graceful 
fern of the tree type, and suitable for a central plant in large cases. Davallia 
Canariensis , D. bullata , D. hemiptera , D. Novce-Zealandiee, and B. tenuifolia 
are suitable for either planting with the others or for suspending in small 
