THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, August 31, 1858. 
Drynaria Pillar dieri (La Billar die re’s). 
JD. Fortunii (Fortune’s). A new species, from China. 
D. pustidata (pimpled). Yery curious in its mode of 
growth. 
Doodia caudata (tailed). 
D. lunulata (crescent-shaped). 
F>. aspera (rough). A very handsome species. 
D. blechnoides (blechnum-like). Distinct and beautiful. 
Goniopteris Fosterii (Foster’s). A new, handsome, rare 
Fern. 
Goniophlebium appendiculatum . A beautifully-marked 
Fern. Each leaf is distinctly spotted with brown. 
G. Caiherina (St. Catherine’s). A low, neat Fern. 
Grammitis rupestris (creeping). A desirable Fern to grow 
on walls, or small rough stones in damp places. 
TIypolepis repens (creeping). A strong-growing species. 
Lomaria discolor (two-coloured). New, and handsome. 
L. Gillesii (Gillie’s). Suitable for a glass case. 
Lygodium ariiculatum (jointed). A greenhouse climbing 
Fern. Yery handsome. 
Litobrochia vespertilionis (bat-winged). A desirable 
species. 
Lastrea eburnea (ivory). A fine Fern, with purple stalks. 
L. Canariensis (Canary Isles). A noble Fern. 
L. decomposita (decomposed). Easy to grow, and very 
handsome. 
L. pubescens (downy). Compact in habit, and very hand¬ 
some. 
Mohria thurifraga (frankincense). A scarce, handsome 
species. 
Nepjirodium articulatum (jointed). New and distinct. 
Y. nolle (soft). A common, but handsome Fern. 
Y. multilineatum (many-veined). A truly beautiful Fern, 
with distinctly visible veins. 
Y. unitum (united). A dissimilar distinct Fern. 
Neottopteeis vulgaris. (The Bird’s-nest Fern of New 
Holland.) 
Nothoctaena. vestita (clothed). A little, neat, scarce Fern. 
N. lanuginosa (woolly). Also small and pretty. 
Y. Marantce (Maranta’s). Copper-coloured on the under side. 
Y. tomentosa (downy). 
This genus should be carefully managed, or the plants will 
perish. Keep them on a shelf close to the glass, and never 
wet their leaves. 
Niphobolus lingua (tongue-like), Y. pertmus (bored), 
Y. rupestris (rock). All dwarf creeping Ferns, suitable for 
rock work, or to cover the soil in pots where large Ferns are 
growing. 
Onychium Japonicum (Japan). One of the most elegant 
and most suitable Ferns for a greenhouse. 
O. auralum (eared). New and distinct. 
Platyloma atro-purpurea (dark-purple-stems). Striking 
and beautiful. 
P. calomelanos (calomel). Neat and beautiful. 
P. jlexuosa (zigzag). A slightly twining Fern, of great 
beauty. 
P. eordata (heart-shaped), P. rotundifolia (round-leaved), 
P. falcata (sickle-shaped). P. Broionii (Brown’s). The 
Platylomas are the most distinct of all Ferns, and, being 
evergreen, are highly worthy of general cultivation. 
Pleopeltis lepidopoda (wolf’s-foot). A broad-leaved 
species. New. 
P. muscefolia (musa-leaved). Rare, and very handsome, 
something like the Bird’s-nest Fern. 
P. pinnatifida (cut). A low-growing Fern, with the fronds 
deeply lobed, or cut. 
P iilebodium stigmaticum (veined). Suitable to cover the 
sides of a pot, or basket. Yery curiously veined. 
P. squamulosum (squamose). A tiny gem. 
P. Aureum. The well-known Golden-spored Fern, with 
very handsome, noble fronds. Easily grown. 
Polypodium effusum (spreading). A beautiful, finely- 
divided Fern. 
P. spectabile (showy). A large-growing, compact Fern, of 
great beauty. 
P. plumula. A Fern growing about a foot high ; graceful 
in habit. 
P. rugulosum (roughish). A peculiar Fern, with long, fast- 
creeping root-stocks. Well adapted for suspending. 
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Polypodium trichodes (thrice - divided). A noble Fern, 
three to four feet high. 
P.filipes (slender). A curious-creeping, small Fern. 
Polystichum aristatum (bearded). Glossy, dark-green 
fronds. 
P. mmdum (pleasing). A beautiful Fern. 
P. coriaceum (leathery). The fronds of this fine Fern last 
a long time in perfection. 
P. falcinellum (small-sickle). Elegant and palm-like. Yery 
desirable. 
P. fiexum (bending). Stout leaves, with creeping root¬ 
stocks. New. 
P. mucronatum (sharp-pointed). A remarkably distinct 
species. Yery handsome. 
P. vestitum (clothed). A low-growing, compact, new 
species, suitable for a Wardian case. 
Pteris aspericaidis (rough - stemmed). Fronds, when 
young, of a rich crimson colour. The mid-ribs of the fronds 
retain this hue when fully grown. A great acquisition, but 
requires a warm greenhouse. 
P. arguta (sharp-notched). A large, well-known Fern. 
P. crenata (crenated or scolloped). An old Fern, of great 
beauty. 
P. Gretica (Cretan). 
P. geranifolia (Geranium-leaved). A most elegant small 
Fern. 
P.felosina (heavy-smelling). Fronds red when young. 
P. hastata (halbert-shaped). A common, but very hand¬ 
some Fern. The broad-leaved variety is particularly so. 
P. lieterophylla (various-leaved). A small species, of neat 
habit. 
P. intra-marginalis (inner-marginecl). Distinct and beau¬ 
tiful. 
P. macrophylla (broad-leaved). A noble, fine Fern. 
P. Kingiana (King’s). Bright green, spreading fronds. 
P. longifolia (long-leaved, especially the terminal one). 
A well-known, common, but handsome Fern. 
P. semi-bipinnata (half-pinnate). A curious Fern, with 
the fronds distinctly cut off on the under side. Yery odd 
and striking. New, and, I fear, scarcely hardy enough for 
the greenhouse, but worth a trial. 
P. serrulata (serrated). A well-known, common Fern. 
The fronds keep a long time fresh in water. 
P. tremula (shaking). A fine old species. 
P. scaberula (roughish). A new, most elegant Fern, which 
every Fern-grower ought to procure. 
Sitolobium adiantoides (maiden-liair-like). Yery hand¬ 
some. 
8. Davallioides (Davallia-like). A noble Fern, approaching 
to a tree-like habit. 
Scolopendrium Krebsii (Krebe’s), A neat Fern, with a 
short, erect stem. 
Woodsia mollis (hairy). A greenhouse species, of a 
pleasing character, 
Woodwardia radicans (rooting). A rather coarse, but 
easily-cultivated Fern. Will grow in dense shade. 
There are some other species that will bear the temperature 
of the greenhouse, but they are either very scarce, or not 
enough distinct. T. Appleby, 
CHINESE MODE OF TAKING HONEY. 
During my sojourn in this place, I had an opportunity of 
witnessing a novel mode of taking honey from bee-hives. 
The Chinese hive is a very rude affair, and looks very dif¬ 
ferent to what we are accustomed to use in England; yet, 
I suspect, were the bees consulted in the matter, they would 
prefer the Chinese one to ours. It consists of a rough box, 
sometimes square, and sometimes cylindrical, with a move- 
able top and bottom. When the bees are put into a hive of 
this description, it is rarely placed on or near the ground, as 
with us, but is raised eight or ten feet, and generally fixed 
under the projecting roof of a house or outbuilding. No 
doubt the Chinese have remarked the partiality which the 
insects have for places of this kind when they choose ! 
quarters for themselves, and have taken a lesson from this 
circumstance. My landlord, who had a number of hives, I 
having determined one day to take some honey from two of j 
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