OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 71 
FERNS. 
Adiantum Gracellinum. A most elegant and distinct Fern, with very light and graceful 
fronds; the fronds are about a foot long and nine inches across, are thin and fragile. 30 
to 50 cts. 
*Adiantum Hendersonii. A very distinct and elegant Maiden Hair Fern. The fronds attain 
a length of from 30 to 40 inches, and have a graceful arching habit. The mature fronds 
are a beautiful dark green, the young fronds a bronzy crimson. $1.00. 
*Adiantum Veitchii. ‘*Anextremely ornamental Fern, attracting the eye by the symmetry 
of its growth. The young fronds are very beautiful, being of a fine red color, that of the 
mature fronds a pale green.”’? $1.00 each. 
Adiantum Amabile, A very elegant species, with fronds of a beautiful light green color, 
small and elegant in regard to the size and form, attaining the height of from 15 to 18 
inches. 25 to 50 cts. 
Adiantum Farleyense. The most magnificent variety of this handsome family; the fronds 
are of a size and form of A. trapeziforme, but pendant, and all the large pinnules are 
deeply fringed and crisped. 50 ois to $l. 00. 
Adiantum Cardiochlena. A free growing and very beautiful Adiantum. 50 cts. 
Adiantum Peruvianum. A magnificent species, rivalling the well-known A. trapeziforme, 
in the size of its pinnules, and surpassing it in the elegance of its large compound droop- 
ing fronds. 25 to 50 cts. 
Adiantum Princeps. A very handsome and distinct Adiantum from New Granada, with long 
arching fronds; pinnules large and closely set upon the rachis; of a pleasing green. 50 cts. 
Adiantum Sancte Catharine. ‘The fronds are from one to two feet in height and decom- 
pound. It is avery grand plant and succeeds well in a warm gr eenhouse. 50 cts. 
*Adiantum Seemanni. A noble species, producing fronds 2 feet long, with a comparatively 
slender glossy back stipe, bare at the lower part, and bearing, towards the top, from 4 tu 
8 magnificent large pinne. $1.00. 
Asplenium Longissimum. A very useful hasket Fern; its pendulous fronds are often from 
5 to 7 feet long, and are produced in great abundance, so that the plant is well furnished 
at all seasons. 50 cts. 
Davallia Mooreana. A most beautiful Fern. The fronds are from 2 to 3 feet long, and from 
1 to 2 feet wide at the base, triangular and pointed, of a graceful arching habit of growth 
and most elegantly cut into a multitude of small segments. 30 to 50 cts. 
Davallia Tyermanni. One of the most beautiful of all the Hare’s-foot Ferns, of dwarf com- 
pact habit, having rich dark green fronds. The rhizomes are slender which contrast 
charmingly with the deep green of the fronds. 59 cts. 
Davallia Dissecta. A handsome species, produces fronds from one to two feet in length; 
is a splendid Fern for baskets and bouquets. 50 cts. 
Dennstcedtia Davallioides Youngi. Under pot culture, it has caudices as thick as one’s finger, 
and fronds 7 or 8 feet in length. To this stout and vigorous constitution, it adds “the 
elegance and gracefulness of minute subdivision, so that its fronds, though large are 
utterly devoid of coarseness; while growing to a large size, it is one of the most finely 
cut of all the large growing sorts. 50 cts. to $1.00. 
Lastrea Aristata Variegata. One of the most charming of greenhouse variegated Ferns. 
It is of a rich dark green color, the variegation consists of a band of pale yellowish- 
green, which runs down the centre of the pinne, and includes the mid-rib | 59) cents. 
Pteris Serrulata Maxima Cristata. An exceedingly pretty Fern; the leaves are large and 
finely crested. 50 cents. 
Nephrolepis Davalliodes, (Furcans.) A beautiful crested variety of the Java Fern Daval- 
lioides. It is a noble Fern, of robust growth, sending forth, as from a central tuft, 
numerous arching fronds from three to Pane fen long. 25 to 50 cents Each. 
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Dwarf tree ferns of great beauty which cannot be too highly recommended tv all lovers of 
this beautiful class of plants. 
Microlepia Hirta Cristata. An exceedingly graceful Fern and of free growth. The fronds 
are very graceful, and it makes a remarkably beautiful specimen for a pot. 3U to 50 cts. 
*Platycerium Alcicorne, (Elk’s Horn Fern,) A very handsome and distinct evergreen 
Fern, succeeds well on block or basket. 5V cents to $1.00 
*Platycerium Grande. A noble species, when grown on a block of wood makes a remark- 
ably handsome specimen. $1.00 to $2.50. 
Todea Fraserii. Todea: pellucida. Todea Superba. Todea Wilksiana. 
There is no family of Ferns which approaches this in beauty. For wardian cases, they 
are indispensable. 
