GENEALOGY 



OF THE 



AMERICAN VARIETIES 



OF 



BOSTON FERN 



CLARKI 

 VERONA 



BARROWSI-WHITMANI 

 MILLERI "^^ 



lELEGANTISSIMA-GALVESTONI 



ROBUSTA^ 

 / 

 /PIERSONI ^ SPLENDIDA 



FERTIUS 



BAERI 



ELEGANTISSIMA ELEG. COMPACT) 

 -COMPACTA CRISTATA 

 WANAMAKER / 

 I •■ 

 DWARF BOSTON 



\SUPERBISSIMA MUSCOSA 



^ CHILDSI^ / 



PERSHING 



CRAIGI 



TRAILING 



I EMERALD 

 V FLEECE 



VIRIDISSIMA 



EXALTATA BOSTON FERN 



3- PINNATE-- SCHUBERTI 

 ANNA FOSTER-^^ SPORT 



/- ? AMERPOHLI 



HARRISI ----W.K.HARRIS 



TEDDY JR 



( DWARF 

 SPORT 



ROOSEVELT] i^OOSEVELTI 

 IMPROVED 



SCOTTI 



7GRETNAI 



WAGNERI 

 FALCATA 



SCHOLZELI- 



3PINNATE 

 SCHOLZEU 



GIATRASI 

 NEW YORK 



NEW JERSEY 



QUEEN 

 SOPHIE 



KING 

 CONSTANTINE 



ELMSFORDI 

 MILLSI 

 SUPERIOR 



RANDOLPH! VICTORY 

 WILSON I 



BROOKLYN 



BOTANIC 



GARDEN 



THE FAMILY TREE OF THE BOSTON FERNS 



Figure 4. The original Boston fern was discovered about 1895 as a sport from the wild sword 

 fern. Since then nearly two hundred bud variations have been recognized, of which about one 

 hundred have been named. The primary sports of the Boston fern are of four kinds, divided, 

 ruffled, dwarfed, and fish-tail (in which the tip of the pinna is split). These characters are devel- 

 oped to a higher degree in the secondary sports. The arrows indicate a reversion to a simpler type. 



