Hints on the cultivation of British and exotic ferns and lycopodiums : with descriptions of one hundred and fifty species and varieties / by Benjamin Samuel Williams.

  • Benjamin Samuel Williams
Date:
1852
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Credit: Hints on the cultivation of British and exotic ferns and lycopodiums : with descriptions of one hundred and fifty species and varieties / by Benjamin Samuel Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    been out all the winter: they were planted in a small cave made of rough wood, having the two Ferns in the centre; the qnly protection was a bell-glass over them. Lastrea cristata is growing very strong; the fronds were as much as three or four feet high. Also Lastrea oreo- pteris, which few can grow. Cystopteris alpma was growing very beautifully, and Polystichum '(pnchitis, of which there were several fine plants, along with the British Ferns. There are many tender exotic species, which are usually grown in hot-houses, such Adiantum pubescens, Doodia asper’ia, D. riipestris, Allosorus sagit- tatus, Adiantum pedatum, Asp^dium Shepherdii, Pteris rotundifolia, all planted in sheltered parts of the fernery. Along with these was Lycopodium denticulatum, which had been out three years, and was growing very luxu- riantly. Mr. Fuller, the gardener, informed me that they had endured the winter without any protection except the fronds and the fallen leaves that had collected round them. This place is very much sheltered from the cold winds on all sides. At the bottom of the fern-banks is an edging formed of rough wood, and a walk, which leads round the bottom of the bank to a summer-house, built with rough stones and cement. The walks through the centre of the fernery are planted on each side with Ferns, and different kinds of our native plants. I noticed some very pretty British Orchids, viz. Orchis bifolia, the Butterfly Orchis, 0. morio, green-winged Meadow Orchis, and O. maculata, spotted palmate Orchis. Also 0. viridis, Frog Orchis, and the common fox-glove. Digitalis pur- purea, with many other British plants, which look well planted in different parts of the fernery. There is no rockwork in this place, except the summer-house, but
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