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P o r tio n of p in n a of 'b a rren F rond.
DICKSONIA ANTARCTICA.
L a b il l a r d ie r e . j . S m it h . H o o k e r . B r ow n .
M oor e a n d H o u l s t o n .
P L A T E X L U I . V O L . Y I I I .
Balantium antarcticum,
Cihoiium B illa r d ien ,
PuESL. P e e . S c h o t t .
K . a u l e u s s .
Named after James Pickson, a British botanist.
An ia rctiva—Antarctic.
T h i s maguificent species is a u n iv e rsa l favourite, wherever
grown or ex h ib ited it is certain to a ttra c t universal attention.
A large and rap id grower, easily cultivated, and re q u irin g little
or no care, p ro v id ed sufficient room is allowed for th e ex p an sion
of its fronds, an d the p lan t is lib e ra lly su p p lied w ith
water; all fast-growing F e rn s req u ire abundance of water,
most of th e large species growing wildly in moist and boggy
situations.
A n ev ergreen warm greenhouse species.
N a tiv e of Ne-w H o lla n d , Tasmania, and Australia.
In tro d u c ed into th e Roya l Gardens, K ew , in 1824, by TIr.
A. Cunningham.
F ro n d s glabrous, coriaceous, lanceolate in form, sub-trip in -
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