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THE FLOKIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[September, 
cations forming an elegant fringe to the are a foot or more in length, are divided into 
fronds. ovate pinnae some four to six inches long, the 
SelafjineUa viridangula, so named by Spring 
the monographer of the Lycopods, has terete 
stems, which grow up some few feet in height. 
rachides and ramifications of which are clothed 
with rather small close-set distichously ar¬ 
ranged obliquely oblong falcate leaves of a deep 
green colour, the intermediate 
ones lying along the upper side 
of the stem, being much smaller. 
The pinnae are twice pinnately 
divided, and in the fully devel¬ 
oped fertile condition the ulti¬ 
mate divisions all terminate in 
long elegantly quadrangular 
spikelets of fructifications, 
which in their general appear¬ 
ance resemble those of S. 
Willdenovii, but have the little 
four-ranked bracts long and 
acuminately pointed, instead of 
being short and bluntly ovate. 
It is a very nice addition to 
this family of plants, which fur¬ 
nishes many decorative plants 
of real value to the gardener. 
It of course requires to be 
grown in a moist stove.—T. 
Moore. 
SELAGINELLA VIRIDANGTJLA IN ITS EARLIER PHASE OF GROWTH. 
GARDEN GOSSIP. 
SELAGINELLA VIRIDANGHLA, PORTION OF A MATURE FRUCTIFIED 
FROND. 
and are freely branched, the branches having 
more or less the character of handsome 
divided fern fronds. The main stems bear 
scattered but distinct leaves, while the alternate 
branches, which in the specimens before us 
"N THE Ivy-leaved Pelar- 
(|j GONiuMS we have the last 
of the divisions of the 
Pelargonium family taken 
in hand by the florist, and with, 
them the improvement effected has 
been rapid and marked in the cha¬ 
racter of the individual flowers, but 
still more so in their freedom of 
flowering. Their continuous dis¬ 
position to bloom is not the least 
of their good properties; another 
thing in their favour is that the 
varieties now in existence afford a 
greater proportion of soft colours 
than the zonals. As flowering 
plants for hanging-baskets they 
have few equals, neither have they 
for window boxes, in which they 
may be used with very telling effect. 
The double flowered varieties are 
excellent for this sort of work, the 
following being amongst the best: 
—Abel Carriere, flowers large, 
colour magenta, feathered with ma¬ 
roon; La liosiere, soft rose; Jeanne 
d’Arc, white, suffused wfith lavender; Congo, lilac, 
with silvery-white edges; Vicountess Cranbrook, 
rose, shaded with white; Isidore Peral, light rose; 
Mrs. Moore, white, edged with lilac and crimson; 
M. Pasteur, pink, shaded with magenta; to which 
may be added Comtesse Horace de C'fioiseul, a warm 
rose, with brilliant satiny surface, 
