. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. 130 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. divided fronds, of a thin, papery texture, are 9in. to 18in. long and 6in. to 9in. broad, and the sori (spore masses) are disposed at the enlarged extremities of their ultimate divisions.—Hooker, Second Century of Ferns, t. 64. D. (Eudavallia) fijiensis—Eu-dav-aF-li-a ; fi-ji-en'-sis (Fijian),
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. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. 130 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. divided fronds, of a thin, papery texture, are 9in. to 18in. long and 6in. to 9in. broad, and the sori (spore masses) are disposed at the enlarged extremities of their ultimate divisions.—Hooker, Second Century of Ferns, t. 64. D. (Eudavallia) fijiensis—Eu-dav-aF-li-a ; fi-ji-en'-sis (Fijian), Hoolcer. This charming Fern — the most finely-divided species of the series to which it belongs—is, as its name implies, a native of the Fiji Islands, and requu^es stove temperature. It is remarkable through its thick rhizomes (prostrate stems), which somewhat resemble those of the common D. canariensis, but are usually straight. Its handsome fronds, although finely cut (Fig. 29), are firm and durable in texture ; they are borne on up- right, strong stalks, Gin. to 9in. long, measure fi-om Ift. to IJffc. in length and 6in. to 12m. in breadth, have a deltoid outhne (m shape of the Grreek delta, A), and are of a bright green colour ; they are gracefully deflexed and compound-divided, the whole frond being split up into lanceolate, almost hnear piraiules (leafits), and finally cut into narrow- linear divisions. The half-cyhndrical sori (spore masses) are terminal, being disposed on the extremities of the segments and sometimes provided with a shght wing, but no horn. This species is remarkably gTaceful in its whole contour, and, being of free growth and of evergreen habit, it must rank amongst the most ornamental of the whole genus.—Hooher^ Species Filicum, i., p. 166, t. 55d. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, 1, p. 446. There are several more or less distinct varieties of D. fijiensis in cultivation, the most striking being the following :. Please note that these ima