. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. PEOPAOATINO ADIANTUMS. I have several maidenhair ferns and have tried time and again to propagate them, but have been unsuccessful. Will you kindly tell me the proper v?ay to do this? E. M. C. Two methods of propagation are in common use for the maidenhair ferns; namely, by division of the Cfowns or by means of spores. Division is the method used for Adiantum Farleyense, A. hybridum, A. Croweanum and some few other species and varieties that are in the list of trade sorts. The work is preferably done in the spring, when the plants are starting into
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. PEOPAOATINO ADIANTUMS. I have several maidenhair ferns and have tried time and again to propagate them, but have been unsuccessful. Will you kindly tell me the proper v?ay to do this? E. M. C. Two methods of propagation are in common use for the maidenhair ferns; namely, by division of the Cfowns or by means of spores. Division is the method used for Adiantum Farleyense, A. hybridum, A. Croweanum and some few other species and varieties that are in the list of trade sorts. The work is preferably done in the spring, when the plants are starting into growth. The divisions are potted into small pots and kept shaded and rather warm until they get a start. Spores are sown on the surface of the soil in pots or pans. The soil is well watered before the spores are sown. Then the seed pots are placed in a shaded greenhouse, preferably in a propagating frame, to protect them from drying out, and are kept there until the seedlings are large enough to be pricked out. They are potted off into small pots when they are large enougli to handle. W. H. T. TOO COOL FOR MAIDENHAIR. Please tell me how to grow maiden- hair ferns. I have tried Adiantum cuneatum on the bench in a carnation house and also in more shade, but have not succeeded well. S. M. Maidenhair ferns will not make a satisfactory growth in a carnation house, as the carnation temperature is too low for the ferns. They may be grown without shading during the win- ter, either in pots or planted out on a bench in four to five inches of good carnation soil, provided the night tem- perature is kept up to 60 degrees and tho ]^iants are given water enough to keep the soil moist but not sodden. W. H. T. NOT A GOOD POT FERN. I am sending today by parcel post some fern fronds. Will you give me the name of the variety? It is a hardy fern and I think it is decidedly pretty. Would it not make a pretty pot plant? I can furnish several thousands of them and, if you think they would sell, I w
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