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Chiloense, dwarf in habit, small fronds; H. crispatum, 
fronds six inches long, erect, light green, crispy in 
appearance ; H. demissum, light, graceful fronds, nine 
inches in length; H. d. nitens, smaller than the pre- 
ceding, compact, and very pretty; H. flexuosum, a 
beautiful variety, fronds six to nine inches long, crimpy ; 
Todea Fraserii, very handsome, large, light green 
arching fronds; T. grandipinnula, a splendid variety, 
with massive foliage, very pellucid; T. pellucida, a free- 
TODEA SUPERBA. 
growing species, produces fronds two feet long; T. 
superba, a most beautiful species, the fronds thick, 
mossy, cut into fine segments; T. Wilkesiana, a hand- 
some species, which forms a thin stem and becomes a 
Tree-Fern; Trichomanes Alabamensis, a dwarf and 
pretty species; T. angustatum, fronds four inches long, 
cut into fine hair-like segments; T. auriculatum, a 
