A DIANTOM ANEITENSE. 
rangement of flowers in vases or baskets. A. capillus- 
veneris , the Maiden-hair of the English gardens, is 
found in damp and shady places in the canons of the 
Pacific coast. -4. emarginatum is also found common 
in the coast ranges from San Diego to Oregon. Some of 
the exotic species of this genus may safely be pro¬ 
nounced the most beautiful Ferns known, which is a 
very broad assertion, in view of the very many rare and 
beautiful plants to be found in this natural order. All 
doubts, however, of the truth of this assertion will be 
removed when we see a well-grown plant of A. 
farleyense in the fern-house. This interesting plant is a 
native of Barbados, whence it was introduced in 1864. 
It is the most distinct and beautiful of all the Maiden¬ 
hair Ferns, and the most difficult to grow to perfection. 
It requires a moist, warm situation, in such, and 
with proper management, plants three feet in 
diameter can be grown, and such are objects 
of great beauty. A. gracilis and A. cuneatum, 
are magnificent plants, and will succeed well under 
ordinary culture. Both of these species are grown 
extensively for florists’ use in the various arrange¬ 
ments of cut flowers, but more particularly in 
baskets of flowers and in funeral designs. There are 
many otherrare species under cultivation, two of which, 
A. Bausei, and A. Aneitense, we figure in the present 
number. The first of these is said to be a hybrid variety 
between A. trapcziforme and A. decorum; in size in¬ 
termediate between the two. Its peculiarity is the 
drooping position of the pinnules, which are deflexed 
sideways from the plane of the stem, in the form of its 
pinnules (leaflets), it also differs from any other known 
Fern. 
A. Aneitense, is a very elegant free-growing specie of 
Maiden-hair Fern, introduced from the Island Of Anei- 
teurn. It has a creeping rhizome clothed with dark- 
colored scales. Its fronds are many times divided, firm 
in texture, with a smooth upper surface, with glaucus 
under surface. It is a distinct and ornamented ever¬ 
green, greenhouse Fem, one in every way worthy of 
cultivation. 
The growing of this genus from spores has for a long 
time been practiced, and the several species, with the 
exception of Farleyense have been increased in a rapid 
manner in this way. But getting new varieties from 
spores, after hybridizing some of the finer species is a 
new and unexpected result that has been achieved in a 
most astonishing and satisfactory manner by F. Roen- 
beck, Esq., of Bayonne, N. J., who has not only given 
us several new varieties, but one A. Roenbeeki which 
bears his name, that is without exception the most use¬ 
ful as well as the most graceful Fern of any yet intro¬ 
duced. The fronds are erect, with a metallic lustre, 
combined with the delicacy and grace of the finer 
species. When grown as a specimen plant, none can 
surpass it in beauty. Its fronds are particularly useful 
in the arrangement of cut flowers, and when so used 
they look like a lace veil thrown over them. 
