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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ July, 
at the Eoyal Nursery, Slough, and a more glorious mass of yellow could 
scarcely he conceived, combined with a dwarf and symmetrical growth. 
The plants should he pegged down when bedded-out, and liberally top- 
dressed during the summer. Previous to top-dressing an application of 
weak manure water will he found most beneficial. Early planting should 
he followed to get the plants established by the time hot weather sets in, 
and then 
“ The imperishable glow 
Of summer sunshine” 
will he reflected from innumerable flowerets “ draped with gold,” full of 
soft beauty and strange delight. 
Quo. 
RHIPIDOPTERIS PELTATA. 
® HIS curious little Fern, though it has been for some few years in our 
gardens, is not yet common in cultivation. It is nearly related to 
f Polybotrya, one of the Acrosticliese; indeed, by those who adhere to 
the ancient nomenclature it is called Acrosticlium peltatum, but ac¬ 
cording to others it differs from Acrosticlium proper in its free veins, 
while from its nearest ally, Polybotrya, it differs in the flabellately-forked 
nature of the venation. 
