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The Fernery . 
SELECTION OF HARDY FERNS. 
British Species and Varieties .—Allosorus crispus , 6 inches, equal 
parts loam, sand, leaf-mould, and sandstone. Aiplenium adiantum-nigrum , 
9 inches; A. ruta-muraria , 6 inches; A . trichomcines , 6 inches ; yZ viride, 
6 inches, all equal parts loam, leaf-mould, sand, and a little old mortar. Athy- 
rium Filix-foemina , 2 feet ; yZ Tv/! corynubiferum , 2 feet; yZ Zf/ grandiceps, 
18 inches; yZ 7 c-/. plumosum , 2 feet 6 inches, loam, leaf-mould, peat, and 
sand, in equal parts. Blechmtm spicci?it , 6 inches ; 7 ?. ramosum , 1 foot, 
similar soil to Athyriums. Ceterach officinarium , 4 inches, equal parts loam, 
leaf-mould, sand, and old mortar. Cy stop ter is fragalis , 6 inches; C. mon- 
tana , 6 inches, similar soil to Ceterach. Lastixa cemitla , 15 inches; Z. 
dilitata , 2 feet; L. d. grandiceps, 18 inches ; L. Filix-mas, 2 feet; Z. F.-m . 
grandiceps , 3 feet; Z. propi?iqua cr is tat a, 2 feet ; Z. pseudo-mas cristata 
angustata , 2 feet 6 inches; Z. montana , 1 foot 6 inches, equal parts strong 
fibrous loam, leaf-mould, sand, and peat. Ophioglossum vulqatum, 6 inches, 
turfy loam. Osmunda re^alis, 3 feet; ( 9 . r. cristata , 2 feet, equal parts loam 
and peat, half a part each of sand and leaf-mould. Polypodium vulgare , 
1 foot; Z. z>. Cambricum , 1 foot, equal parts peat, loam, leaf-mould, and 
sand. Polypodium dryopteris , 9 inches, P. phegopteris , 9 inches, equal parts 
loam, peat, sand, and lumps of sandstone. Polypodium Robertianum , 
9 inches, two-thirds sandy loam and one-third pounded limestone. Z^- 
stichum aculeatum , 2 feet; Z. <2. cristata gracile , 18 inches; Z. angulare 
2 feet; Z. <2. Bay lice, 15 inches; Z. a. grandiceps, 15 inches; Z. a. proli- 
ferum, 2 feet; Z. <2. p. Wollastonii, 2 feet, equal parts strong fibrous loam, 
leaf-mould, and sand, and a little peat. Pteris aquilina cristata, 2 feet, 
similar soil to Polystichums. Scolopendrium vulgare, 1 foot; Z. z/. crispum , 
1 foot; Z. zc cristatum , 6 inches; Z. zc muricato-marginatum, 1 foot; Z. v. 
ramo-marginatum, 1 foot, equal parts loam, peat, leaf-mould, sand, old 
mortar and broken oyster shells. Woodsia alpina , 4 inches; JZ. ilvensis, 
6 inches, equal parts loam, leaf-mould, sand, and broken sandstone. 
Exotic Species and Varieties .—Adiantum pedatum, 2 feet 6 inches, 
equal parts fibrous loam, leaf-mould, and sand. Allosorus acrostichoides, 
6 inches, equal parts loam, leaf-mould, sand, and broken sandstone. 
Asfidium cristatum, 1 foot; yZ fragrans, 6 inches, equal parts loam, leaf- 
mould, peat, and sand. Asplenium a?igustifolium, 1 foot, equal parts loam. 
