Poi'lion of jni.Uuv I’l-ond under skk‘.
ADIANTUM TENERUM.
Sw.urrz. H o o k e r . P l u m i e r . J. S m i t h . P r e s l .
A I o o r e a n d I I o u l s t o n . L i n k .
W i l l d e n o w . P l u n k e n e t . F e e , not S c i i k u i i r .
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A d ia n tu m a ssim ile .
fa n n o s is s im a ,
L i n k , n u t S w a e t z .
K o t a l B o t a n ic a l G a e d e n s , B e e l in .
O f G a e d e n s .
A d ia n tu m — D r y . T e n e rum— T e n d e r .
T h e A d ia n tum tenerum is a splendid species w'lien i v c l l
groivn, forming itself into a large y e t elegant specimen, and
Avell adapted for h o rticu ltu ra l exhibitions. T h e finest example
I have ever seen, was grown in a pine stove, at the Kiddlcston
Gardens, b y Mr. Jackson, gardener to Ijo rd Scarsdale. This
successful cultivator of plants, deserves the g reatest praise for
the masterly manner in which he has succeeded in growing
this beautiful F e rn .
An evergreen stove species.
Fro n d s glabrous, and branching th re e or four times; p innate;
the pinniilos being membranous, rhomboidal, obtuse, inciso-
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