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I’oi'tion of rnntnre F ro n d -u n d e r sido.
ADIANTUM PEDATUM.
L in .n æ u s . K u n z e . S w.u it z . H o o k e r . J . S.m it i i .
S c i ik u i ir . S p r e n g e l . W il l d e n o w . K a u l f u s s . C iiam is so .
F e e . M oore a n d H o u l st o n . P r e s l .
PLATE XIV. A'OL. I I I .
Adiantum boreale, P r e s l .
A d ¿ani II m—D ry. Pedatum—Pedate.
A USEFUL and ornamental F e rn , being equally at home in
the open F e rn e rjq or in the stove or greenhouse. I t is the
most h a rd y of the A d ia n tum s , and in this climate can Avithstand
a cold th a t Avould be certain death to the British A d ia n tum
capillus-veneris. In this neighbourhood in Ja n u a ry , 1854, plants
lived out of doors, Avith the temperature 6^ below zero of
F ah ren h e it’s thermometer, Avhilst near them the same cold
killed all the pLants of A . capillus-veneris. The young fronds
are delicate, and, coming up earl}q those first appearing are not
imfrequently cu t Avith spring frosts.
A lthough so ha'rdy a F e rn , still, like the other A d ia n tum s ,
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