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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ December, 
and small and elegant in regard to the size and form of their ultimate divisions. 
These peculiarities, together with the gracefully curving lines assumed by the 
fronds and the pinnae, render it one of the most lovely of the Maidenhairs, and 
one which cannot fail to become a favourite in all choice Ferneries. The lobing 
of its fronds alone gives it a character perfectly distinct from that of any other 
similar species at present known in our gardens or herbaria.” 
The plant is a free-growing, cool-stove fern, of about a foot and a half in 
height, the fronds being triangular-oval in outline, tripinnate in division, drooping 
in habit, and, as observed by the Messrs. Veitch, fragrant, with a most agreeable 
perfume when young. A peculiar and distinctive aspect is given to it by the 
deep forked lobes of the pinnules generally, and especially by those of the enlarged 
pinnule which frequently terminates both primary and secondary pinnae. The 
sori are small, occupying a notch in the centre of the lobes. It was collected by 
Mr. Pearce in Peru, and is a most graceful and elegant species.—T. M. 
ECHEVERIAS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 
FEW notes on some of the more useful of the Echevericis may prove 
useful at this season. E. secunda and secunda glauca , also the small 
variety, pumila , are nearly hardy, and, if kept in a dry cold frame, they 
will do very well; these are increased by offsets, or by seeds, though they 
produce more offsets if not allowed to flower. The leaves will produce young 
plants at the base, if taken off when plump and laid upon the surface of the soil, 
in a box or pot. The seeds should be sown in shallow pans, which should be 
set on a shelf, and kept moderately moist. 
E. metallica will not stand frost or much damp in winter. If planted out 
in the end of May, the plants grow rampantly ; but if not required to increase 
much in size, they should be plunged in their pots. At the end of September 
they will be coming into flower, when they may be taken up, and put into as 
small pots as they can be got into, and set in the greenhouse on a shelf, so as to 
give them plenty of light, with dry air. The seed will begin to ripen in December, 
and should be picked as it ripens, and sown at once in shallow pans, and put on 
slight bottom-heat. The young plants must be potted off as they get large 
enough; some will come up three months before others. Old plants cut down 
strike freely at any time, but the leaves will not strike. When in flower this 
species requires to be watered freely. E. gJauco-metallica requires similar treat¬ 
ment ; if required true, it must be increased from cuttings, as it is a hybrid. 
E. lurida , calophana , Scheerii , atropurpurea , and canaliculata, all increase 
freely from the leaves, and especially those formed on the flower-stalks; they 
should be taken off with care, and set round a 3-in. pot, putting a quarter of an 
inch of soil on their bases ; they will soon grow at any season. These sorts will 
not stand frost. 
E. farinosa is a wliite-foliaged caulescent branching species, the leaves of 
which are half an inch wide, and three to four inches long. It is increased by 
