. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. 556 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. A. Friselliae—Fris-oMi-ae (Frizell's), Bain. This very distinct and elegant form, which, like the preceding variety, has few rivals among the numerous forms of the Lady Fern, was originally a wild find, although we cannot discover any record of its habitat. Its fronds, of an arching or p
. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. 556 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. A. Friselliae—Fris-oMi-ae (Frizell's), Bain. This very distinct and elegant form, which, like the preceding variety, has few rivals among the numerous forms of the Lady Fern, was originally a wild find, although we cannot discover any record of its habitat. Its fronds, of an arching or pendulous character, attain 2ft. in length and are of equal width throughout, rarely exceeding lin. Their curious pinna? (leaflets), which are attached closely to the stalk, are so many short, rounded or solid, leafy, semi- circular, flabellate (fan-shaped) organs, disposed in two overlapping parts deeply fimbriated or toothed all round their edges ; these pinna? in the lower part of the frond are opposite, but from the middle upwards they are alternate, and the frond ends in a larger terminal pinna (1, Fig. 97).—Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 53, fig. 346. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. Fig. 97. Forms of Asplenium Filix-fcemina Frisellias 1, Frond of Normal Form (much reduced); 2, Top Half of Frond of var. cristatum nat. size); 3, Crest of var. ramosum (i nat. size). Among the prettiest and most distinct sub-varieties known in commerce may be mentioned nanum (Lowe, ii., fig. 347), a dwarf form having fronds only Sin. long, with pinna? nearly opposite throughout and rather larger than those of A. Frisellice. The sub-variety cristatum (2, Fig. 97 ; Lowe, ii., fig. 490), also a dwarf form, raised from spores, has fronds only about Sin. long and about Jin. broad on the whole of their length, except at the extremity, where they become branched and crested and measure about Sin. in breadth ; their pinna? (leaflets) are of the same fan-shaped form and disp
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