NOVEMBER. 839 
pair of pinn have generally small branches of the lower side in the 
same way; a broad silver stripe is well defined down the centre of 
each division ‘of the: frond—the form of the frond is altogether 
very elegant. This species grows quickly and. succeeds well in the 
usual Fern soil, viz., turfy peat anda Tittle loam and leaf-mould, 
mixed with plenty of good sharp sand. ‘This Fern and Pt. tricolor both 
require stove température, but probably Pt. cretica albo-lineata, will 
succeed quite as well’ in a cool greenhouse after the young plants are 
established “as ina stove; but no Ferns, not even our hardy ones, 
object to heat while in a young state. : 
Pleris tricolor appears to be a variety of Pt. aspericaulis, the form 
of the frond and the general habit of the plant ‘corresponding exactly 
with ‘that species. ‘There is a well-marked silvery stripe down the 
centre of all the pinnze and the secondary divisions of the lower pair, while 
the stipes and principal veins are bright crimson. The young fronds 
are most brilliantly coloured; the parts which, in the adult frond, become 
green are of a bright crimson, while the stripe which afterwards becomes 
silvery is a pale delicate pink. “A well-grown specimen of this plant is 
one of the most beautiful objects it is possible to conceive. Pt. aspericaulis 
is not one of the easiest Ferns to cultivate, and Pt. tricolor seems to 
have inherited part of 1fs constitution. It, however, grows well in a 
close warm house, partially shaded by other plants; it should be care- 
fully guarded from draughts of cold or dry air, which cause the fronds 
to turn brown at the edges ; and it should never be syringed, particularly 
through the winter.’ It was discovered in Malacca. 
“Pteris cretica albo-lineata is much’ more hardy and grows very 
freely under ordinary treatment. ‘The fronds are about a foot long and 
the stipes 8 or 10 inches; they are pinnate, with linear lanceolate 
_ pinnee; the lower pair of pinnee are bipartite, or divided into two ; 
the grey or silvery stripe occupies about half the width of each pinna. 
The sterile fronds are broader than the fertile, and serrated with small 
sharp teeth; the ‘fertile fronds are more upright, in habit and rather 
longer than the others. The habit of the plant is very graceful, and 
it makes a small-growing neat specimen. 
: sig ee, DELTA. 
\AN- HOUR’ WITH THE ‘ROSES OF 1859-60. 
Tur difficulty of judging the merits of new Roses I have more than 
once adverted to, and therefore I do not suppose that either Mr. Paul 
or myself would consider the judgment passed on the following Roses 
as permanent; another season will probably modify this, and consign 
to oblivion. many of them; on the other hand, it is to be borne in mind 
that this season has been an exceptional one, for while on light grounds, 
such as do not in general suit the Rose, they have heen very good, on 
the usual Rose grounds, they have not come up to the mark. As I 
have already noticed some of the new ones in the September number of 
the Florist, I shall therefore omit them. 
