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Thirty Select Stove Ferns . 
Pleopeltis membranacea, a scarcely interesting fern 
at first, but one likely to become a special pet in time. 
It dies down completely in winter, and comes up again 
in the spring. The fronds are undivided, and bear a 
remote resemblance to lettuce leaves. We have had 
some plants five or six years in an unheated case, but 
it is delicate, and most at home in the stove. 
Pteris argyrea , P. aspericaulis , two richly variegated 
ferns, which are very subject to attacks of thrips if 
kept in a dry air. P. tricolor is a favourite which I do 
not recommend because troublesome to grow, and 
scarcely worth growing. 
Platycerium grande is the finest of the stages horn 
ferns, and though usually described as a greenhouse 
plant, attains a far finer development in the stove. Fix 
it on a block of wood, and suspend it, or put a block 
in a pot, and place the plant near it, so that it can take 
hold and cover the block in its own way. 
Exhibition Stove Ferns. —The following form a 
rich and varied group of twelve adapted for exhibition: 
Adiantum Farleyense , Adiantum trapeziforme , Hymeno- 
dium crinitum , Aspidium macrophyllum (also known 
as Cardiochlcena macrophylla), Asplenium myriophyllum 
(also known as Asplenium cicutarium), Asplenium serra , 
Drynaria morbillosa , Gleichenia dichotoma , Lygodium 
flexuosum , Nephrolepis davallioides , Platy cerium grande } 
and Pteris argyrea . 
