Fifty Select Greenhouse Ferns. 
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CHAPTER XIII. 
FIFTY SELECT GREENHOUSE FERNS. 
IIHE selections I shall make in this and the next 
chapter will comprise ferns of the most dis¬ 
tinct and various characters, essential in any 
collection in which beauty and character are the qualities 
most desired, and all of them suitable for beginners in 
cultivation. None of the gold and silver ferns will be 
included in these selections; they will be dealt with 
separately, as needing more skill and care than be¬ 
ginners are likely to bestow upon them. Technical 
descriptions are not to be thought of in a work of this 
kind. 
Anemidictyon phyllitidis , a pretty flowering fern, 
adapted for pot culture, or to plant out, or for the fern 
case. 
Adiantum assimile , A. cuneatum, A . for mo sum, A. 
fulvum, A . tinctum , a charming group, requiring shade, 
not rooting deep, and better if they never have water 
over their fronds. They are all adapted for specimen 
culture, the last is one of the most elegant in form 
and has a rosy purplish tint on its young fronds. 
Asplenium bulbiferum, A . caudatum, A. dimidiatum , 
A. dimorphum , A. hemionitis (or palmata :), A. lucidum, 
