Ferns adapted to pot culture are now rather numerous, and one may readily make a good selection and get great variety among a comparatively small list; but kinds adapted to hanging vases or baskets are not by any means abundant, and new additions to the list are very welcome. The one we now illustrate is a particularly pretty kind for this purpose, and was introduced by Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, near London, who furnish us with the annexed description :

"Probably the most graceful and finely cut Fern yet known; it was sent to us from the Straits Settlements by the late Dr. J. T. Veitch, whose name it bears. The fronds are 2½ to 3½ feet long, elegantly arching on all sides, the leafy portion broadly lanceolate in outline, and very finely cut. As distinguished from Davallia tenuifolia, the fronds are arching, almost drooping, the foliage is much more lace-like, the stipes have a warmer reddish tinge; the pinnae are longer, more slender, and have their ultimate segments more minute. The light and elegant drooping habit of the plant renders it one of the best basket Ferns for the stove ever introduced.

*' It has received the award of a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society, and a Certificate of Merit from the Royal Botanic Society, - and The Garden says it is one of the most valuable additions to Ferns that has been made for a long time".

Davallia tenuifolia Veitchiana.