ASTERS, 



puNicEus Starwort 



PATENS Starwort 



SHORTii Starzvort 



DUMOSis Starwort 



CRiEODES Starzvort 



AzuREUS Starwort 



CARNEUS Starwort 



LoNGiFOLius Starzvort 



nova-Angita Starzvort 



ASPIDIUM, 



FELIX-MAS Male Fern 



Thelypteris Lady Fern 



MARCiNALE Shield Fern 



Booth Wood Fern 



NovABORACENSE New York Fern 



SPiNULOSUM Spinnlose Fern 



ACRosTiCHOiDES Dagger Fern 



GoLDiANUM Goldie's Fern 



CHRisTATUM Crested Fern 



From recent researches the theory that in 

 growing ferns from the seed spores, that there 

 is a missing link, or in other words that ferns 

 have a grandfather^ but no father, has been 

 disproved. The spores of all cryptogamous 

 plants are the same in purpose and as perfect 

 in use as the seed of other flowering plants. 

 The spores have their antheridia and arche- 

 gonia or male and female organs, and some- 

 times are on different prothalli, or at least, not 

 perfected at the same time, on the same one. 



ASPLENIUM, 



FEEix-FEMiNA Ladies' Fern 



TRiCHOMANES Dzvorf Spleeuwort 



THRijPTERODES Silver Spleenzvort 



EBENEUM Ebony Spleenwort 



EBENOTDES Hybrid Spleenwort 



The last named is a hybrid by nature from 

 A-ebeneum and C-rhizophyllis, the result of one 



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