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The Fern Garden. 
stant in his work, will find that the secret of success 
with this class of ferns is unremitting attention. 
The following are the names of the best gold and 
silver ferns in cultivation : 
Adiantum sulphureum , the Golden Maidenhair. This 
exquisite plant only needs careful greenhouse treatment. 
Cheilanthes argentea , a delicate silver fern; green¬ 
house. C. borsigiana , golden; stove. C. farinosa, 
silver; a fine species very distinct, requiring great care; 
stove. C. fragrans, a lovely little gem tinged with 
orange, well adapted for greenhouse or case. When 
dried agreeably fragrant. C. elegans, silvery, a most 
delicate and much prized fern, best grown in a warm 
greenhouse, in a compost of lumpy peat and broken 
bricks or stone. C. pulveracea , the under side silvery, 
the edges golden : a fine companion to C. farinosa, and 
needing the same treatment. 
Gymnogramma chrysophylla, the finest of all gold 
ferns; it must be grown in the stove. G. Peruviana 
argyrophylla, silvery-grey on both surfaces, a splendid 
stove fern. G. ochracea , slightly golden, easy to grow, 
but needing to be kept in the stove all winter. G. sul - 
phurea, a pretty little plant, light green above, sulphur- 
yellow beneath; must have stove treatment. G. Tar - 
tarea, the under side of the fronds pure silvery-white, 
the best of all silver ferns for beginners; it thrives in 
the stove, but may be kept in good condition in a green¬ 
house. 
Nothochleena argentea , a fine silvery companion to 
Cheilanthes farinosa , and requiring similar care. N. 
flavens, an exquisitely beautiful miniature golden fern; 
