A Study of the Filmy Fern Trichomanes Boschianum

Abstract

nine kinds of stag-horn ferns (Platycerium), the latter quite expensive ($5.00 to $15.00 each), but reasonably so, for propagation of these plants is a slow and tricky business. One intriguing entry is an offering of a fern called virgata, said to be a stunning fern that looks much like a fine, large-leaved Adiantum. I can not guess what it may be; so far as I know, there has never been a plant described botanically as Pellaea virgata. A few western ferns are offered by Theodore Payne, 2969 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles 39, CaliforniaAdiantum pedatum, Dryopteris arguta (called in the catalog by the old name Aspidium rigidum argutum), Athyrium filix-femina var. californicum, Polystichum Dudleyi, P. munitum, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (called in the list Pteris aquilina lanuginosa, an obsolete nomenclature), and Woodwardia Chamissoi (now correctly called Woodwardia fimbriata). Mr. Payne specializes in seeds of Californian wildflowers and plants of western trees and shrubs.