Portion of inatnre p'rond, under sido.
ASPLENIUM BULBIFEK P.M.
F o k s t e k . J. S m i t h . K u n z e . P r e .s l . S c i ik u i ik .
F e e . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n .
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Asp lén ium—Spleenwort. B u lh ife rum—Bulb-bearing.
I n t h e S e c t io n H a r e a o f A u t h o r s .
T h e Asplénium hulbiferiim is a universal favourite with the
Fern cultivators; it is so readily grown into a handsome specimen,
and from the circumstance that it is viviparous in the highest
degree, is consequently a common species, being met with in
almost every greenhouse collection. It has a graceful pendulous
habit, the fronds being literally borne down by the weight
of the young plants with which a mature frond is quite covered
over. AVitli plenty of pot room, and with ordinary care, this
species makes an interesting as well as beautiful specimen.
It appears to have first arrived in England about the year
1820, yet was not introduced into the Royal Gardens of Kew
until 1843, when it was brought there by Mr. John Edgerley.
This is an evergreen greenhouse Fern.
Native of New Holland and New Zealand.