20 JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
ASPLENIUM NOBILIS. 
This is a graceful Fern with light, lace like pinne and arched fronds, which somewhat 
resemble those of A. viviparum or A. lineatum..............0 
*DAVALLIA ELEGANS POLYDACTYLA. 
“The Davallia elegans is well known as one of our best evergreen Stove Ferns.” “In 
its general aspect, the new variety resembles its typical form, but instead of the 
apex of the frond itself, and the apices of the pinne and pinnules coming out to and 
terminating in a narrow point, this point becomes dilated and split down into sev- 
eral divisions, each of which is again multifidly divided, so that the apices all 
become crested. The whole contour of the plant is extremely ornamental,’’,.......- 
*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 rhizome 
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 
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*DAVALLIA FIJIENSIS MAJOR. . 
An elegant Fern. It has slender stipes and gracefully arching fronds; the pinnules 
are finely and beautifully cut, and of a bright green color. Its graceful habit and 
cheerful color render it a valuable addition to our lists of Ferns, requiring the tem- 
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GLEICHENTAS. 
*Dichotoma. A very handsome species, makes a nice specimen plant.......s0ss.ss+sesseeee- 
Flabellata. A distinct and fine species, makes a strikingly beautiful plant...... ......-+- 
*Mendelii. This is one of the most distinct and free growing kinds. It makes a hand- 
some exhibition plant, and will also be found very useful for decorative purposes. 
It is a very compact growing species, requiring cool treatment. The pinne are of 
a thick texture, and very glaucous on the under side. Native of New Zeuland..... 
*Rupestris Glaucescens. A very distinct form of G. Rupestris; the fronds are of a 
much thicker texture and very glaucous on the surface, changing with age toa 
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*Semivestita. A very pretty compact free growing species, makes a handsome speci- 
men plant 
*Spelunce. A distinct and beautiful species, makes a charming specimen plant...... 
*LASTREA RICHARDSIT MULTIFIDA. 
‘«The plant has fronds 38 feet high, including the stipes. which are a foot long, numer- 
ously developed from a short decumbent caudex. The pinnee are upwards of 4 inches 
long in the broadest part, and terminate in a densely fingered tuft of about fifty 
long narrow acute divisions, the apex of the frond dividing into two or more 
branches consisting of about seventy of these small finger-like segments. Its 
bright green color, its small pinnules, and the broad crested apices with their numer- 
ous narrow divisions, give this plant a singularly elegant character, and mark it out 
as u very ornamental, useful Fern for the decoration of the hothouse,’’ 
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*LOMARIA DISCOLOR BIPINNATIFIDA. 
One of the most pleasing and attractive of Lomarias, from its elegant habit and its 
beautifully divided fronds, which have characteristics quite distinct from those of 
any other species. The fronds are numerous, and spring from the crown of a short 
robust stem, arching, and from 18 to 24 inches in length; the pinnz are very close 
set, so as to overlap each other, and are cut to the rib, the outer sub-divisions being 
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