OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



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DICHORISANDRAS. 



Each. 

 Dichorisandra, Thyrsiflora, a very fine species, 

 flowers in a thyrse of rich azure ; magnificent 



species 75 



Undata, very different from D. Mosaica, pro- 

 ducing large ovate leaves, very dark green in 

 color; the midrib and veins are of a lighter 

 green, which gives the leaves a striped or mar- 

 bled appearance 50 



Each. 

 ♦Dichorisandra, Mosaica, an extremely hand- 

 some plant, of dwarf habit; leaves large, 

 ground color of the upper side rich deep shin- 

 ing green, traversed with an innumerable 

 quantity of parallel transverse fine white 

 lines; the upper side is of a uniform deep 

 purple. It also produces lovely rich azure 

 flowers , 1 00 



NEW FERNS. 



ADIANTUMS. 



*Adiantum, Cuneatum Grandiceps, one of the 

 most distinct as well as one of the most attrac- 

 tive of that most useful and popular of all Adi- 

 antums — A. Cuneatum. It differs from the spe- 

 cies in several striking particulars. It is more 

 robust in habit, the fronds are more elongated, 

 and terminate in a dense tassel of finger-like . 

 growths; the pinnse also terminate in similar 

 but smaller branchings, and these by their 

 weight give the fronds an elegant arching 

 habit, rendering the plant one of the most 

 useful of Ferns 1 00 



'Cuneatum Defiexum, It was raised between 

 A. cuneatum and A. Bausei, the latter also a 

 so-called hybrid Fern. The characteristics of 

 the two sorts are unmistakably blended in 

 the new form which has the densely fronded 

 stocky growth of A. cuneatum with its spread- 

 ing fronds and cuneate pinnules, with the 

 singularly defiexed pinnules of A. Bausei; 

 this hanging position of the pinnules gives 

 the plant a very distinct appearance. " The 

 plants are dense and compact in growth, on 

 which account they are well adapted for group- 

 ing in small baskets and jardinettes. Their 

 bright and cheerful green color adds much to 

 its value as a decorative Fern" 1 00 



*Collisii, a beautiful Maidenhair Fern of fine 

 proportions and graceful habit, allied to the 

 well-known Adiantum tenerum, but far su- 

 perior to it as a decorative plant. The stipes 

 are slender, erect, lustrous ebony-black, 12 to 

 18 inches high, when they become much 

 branched. The rachides and all their 

 branches, which are also lustrous black, 

 spread on all sides, forming a noble triangu- 

 lar frond 15 to 24 inches across. As distin- 

 guished from A. tenerum, the fronds are more 

 numerous, somewhat taller and much more 

 branched, giving the plant a far more elegant 

 contour. The pinnules are smaller, more 

 numerous and impart a more cheerful and 

 better furnished aspect to the plant 1 50 



*Bausei, a hybrid variety between A. Trapezi- 

 forme and A. Decorum; in size intermediate 

 between the two. Its peculiarity is the droop- 

 ing position of the pinnules, which are de- 

 flexed sideways from the plane of the rachis; 

 in the form of its pinnules it also differs from 

 any other known Fern 75 



Luddemannianum, a remarkable variety ; the 

 peculiarity consists in the pinnules being 

 crested or agglomerated at the extremities of 

 the stipes and their rachides; they are also 

 much crisped and curled. Fronds erect from 

 8 to 12 inches high ; pinnules on short petioles, 

 generally fan-shaped, and deep green color 1 00 



*Adiantum, Dolabriforme, a beautiful ever- 

 green Adiantum ; fronds elongated, pinnate 

 proliferous pinnules dolabriform. An exceed- 

 ingly irraceful Fern 75 



Pacottii, an elegant Maidenhair Fern, four to 

 six inches high, with elongate triangular, tri- 

 pinnate fronds, with densely set pinnse and 

 pinnules ; pinnules broadly cuneate and deeply 

 cleft 1 00 



*Lathomi, in the way of A. Ghiesbreghtii, but 

 with a drooping habit. Fronds 2—3 feet high, 

 drooping, somewhat pentagonal in outline. 

 Stipes stout, smooth. Pinnae, pinnules, and 

 pinnulets all stalked. The larger pinnules 

 1-1 % inches long, trapeziform, lobed on the 

 margin. An exceedingly graceful and beauti- 

 ful Fern j 1 00 



*Legrandii, a pretty dwarf Fern, with small 

 triangular fronds densely set with overlapping 

 pinnules. Handsome compact habit, very dis- 

 tinct 1 00 



*Rhodophyllum, a most distinct and beautiful 

 Maidenhair Fern. The fronds are densely 

 crowded and attain a height of 15 to 18 inches. 

 When first developed the young pinnules are 

 crimson; they gradually change with age to a 

 rosy fulvous green and finally to a soft pale 

 green. The remarkable diversity of colors 

 presented by the pinnules at different stages 

 of their growth, and which are all to be seen 

 on the plant at the same time, renders this 

 Adiantum one of the most effective decorative 

 Ferns yet offered 



*Victoriee, a handsome decorative Fern ol'dwarf 

 densely t ufted habit . Fronds ovate, bipinnate, 

 with about one pair of compound pinnse and 

 4-5 simple ones. Pinnules large, bluntly del- 

 toid from a truncate base, or subrhomboidal 

 deeply lob< j d. Sterile lobes serrate. Son ob- 

 long or reniform at the apex of the lobes. 

 Garden Hybrid 



*Weigandii, a very pretty and novel Maiden- 



, hair Fern, neat in habit, having the compact 

 bunchy style of growth of A. Decorum. We 

 regard this as a very distinct Fern, one of a 

 pleasing character 75 



*Williamsii, the New Golden Maiden Hair. 

 This splendid novelty is destined to become a 

 general favorite, and for cutting purposes its 

 value cannot be over-estimated. It succeeds 

 well in a greenhouse temperature. It is in 

 every respect quite as free and hardy as A. 

 Cuneatum, and will make a fine exhibition 

 plant. It is a native of Peru, where it is found 

 on the mountains growing at an elevation of 

 12,000 feet 1 00 



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Davallia Mariesii, an evergreen Japanese Fern, 

 of dwarf habit and free growth. As a basket 

 Fern for the conservatory and greenhouse, D. 

 Mariesii is one of the best. Its flexuous rhi- 

 zome spreads freely in all directions, and its 

 numerous fronds thence present an enduring 

 globose mass of verdure. Grown in a pan, 

 this pretty Fern is also very effective and dis- 

 tinct 



*Davallia Mariesii Cristata,this is acrested form 

 of the beautiful Japanese evergreen Fern Da- 

 vallia Mariesii. Like the species, it is a most 

 attractive and useful Fern for the conservatory 

 and greenhouse, especially w hen cultivated in a 

 suspended basket, over which its flexuous rhi- 

 zome creeps in every direction, producing a 

 globose mass of enduring verdure, the beauty 

 of which is greatly heightened by the tasselled 

 apices of the fronds and their pinna? 1 50 



