Foliage Plants for House Decoration 39 



THE BOSTON FERN " 



There were apparently so-called "Boston" ferns in advance of this one, which 

 however quickly displaced its rivals. It wasj at first called Foster's New 

 Nephrolepis Bostoniensis, var. Fosteriana. Our illustration is from a 

 photograph taken in 1902, showing one of the first large plants of this 

 variety. At that time it was named Nephrolepis Anna Foster, after the 

 wife or daughter of its discoverer, L. H. Foster (see page 38) 



