45 Ferns. 



SUCCULENT PLANTS 



Agave Americana, Century plant, 5 to 50c each 



A. varigata, green center, white margins, 10c to gi each 



Gasteria, curious spotted foliage, very ornamental; brilliant 

 fls, large variety, 25c to $3 each. 



Rochea falcata, a fine succulent from South Africa; leaves of a 

 frosty gray; flowers orange yellow, in large spikes and quite 

 handsome; an attractive plant of easy culture, 25c to $1 



Stapelia variegata, bears beautiful flowers having a leathery 

 texture; buff yellow with maroon markings; blooms when quite 

 small; maroon flowers covered with fine hairs; these curious 

 flowers resemble a star fish; not a true cactus, but popularly 

 known as Toad Cactus, 10c to 25c 



S. grandifora, plant larger, flowers often 6 inches across, cov- 

 ered with reddish hairs, 75c 



Various other succulent, like sedums, cotyledon s(Echeverias) 

 euphorbias, etc., in variety 



FERNS 



Adiantum cuneatum. A native of Mexico, by far the best 

 variety for general purposes, in cut flower work especially, 25 t050C 



A. Farley ense. The Queen of Maidenhairs, one of the most 

 magnificent of the Adiantums, attaining an immense size, at 

 times measuring 6 feet across; large and delicate pinnae; the 

 graceful fronds of an exquisite shade of pale green, $2 



A. gracillimum. The Mist fern; a good decorative sort, 25c to $1 



A. formosum. Also worthy of culture, 50c to $3 



Asplenium flaccidum. Graceful, 15c 



Alsophila Australis. An elegant and rapid growing tree fern 

 from Australia. Young plants 50c to $20 for large specimens 



Nephrolepis exaltata. The sword fern, a native of the south- 

 ern United States, is a beautiful and well known plant, 25c to $1 



Microlepis hirta cristata. A very useful decorative species from 

 the South Sea Is., indispensible in cut flower work; the finely 

 crested fronds terminate in tassels, 25c to 50c 



Onchium Japonica. Fronds finely cut and beautiful, 25c to 50c 



Pteris arg} T rea. A tropical species, the fronds of which are 

 beautifully striped with white; a grand ornamental plant, of bold 

 and effective appearance, 50c to 75c 



P. tremula. The beautiful shaking fern of new Zealand and 

 Australia, of rapid growth, producing large handsome fronds; 

 fine for house decoration 50c to 75c. 



