1877.] 
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Among double Hyacintbs, Lord Wellington, La Tour d’Auvergne, and 
Laurens Koster, red, white, and blue respectively, are really fine sorts ; and the 
pretty dwarf sweet-scented white-flowered Roman Hyacinth, or Hyacinth of Paris, 
is a charming little plant for growing in the small glasses usually employed for 
Crocuses.—T. Moore. 
ADIANTUM PEINCEPS. 
HIS is one of the finest of many new species of Maidenhair Fern introduced 
to our gardens by the Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea. It was found 
in New Grenada by their collector, and a similar if not identical fern in 
the Kew Herbarium was gathered by Dr. Seemann, in Veraguas. The 
plant was first brought under the notice of the public at the exhibitions of 1875, 
and was subsequently described by us in the Gardeners'* Chronicle (n.s., iv., 197), 
the description being accompanied by illustrative figures :— 
“ Not only does this fern possess an imposing boldness of character, on account 
of the size of the frond and the pinnules, but the plants are also remarkably 
graceful, from their fullness of development, and the arching or pendent position 
they assume. Messrs. Veitch’s specimen plant was, at the least, from 5 ft. to 6 ft. 
across. For so large a plant, both the black glossy stipes and the rachides are 
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