OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



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HIBISCUS CARDIOPHYLLUS, (New). 



I have the pleasure of offering this extremely beautiful Hibiscus, which I have received from southwestern 

 Texas. In habit it resembles an Abutilon. My plants were bedded out the past summer and succeeded admira- 

 bly, flowering profusely during the season. The flowers are bright scarlet, over two inches across, wbich makes 

 it a very striking plant. A sterling novelty. 25 cents. 



NEW FERNS. 



ADIANTUMS. 



Each. 

 *Adiantum, Aneitense, a very elegant free- 

 growing species of Maiden-hair Fern, intro- 

 duced from the Island of Aneiteum, The num- 

 erous segments of which the fronds are made 

 up are rhomboidal, nearly sessile, firm in tex- 

 ture, with a glabrous surface subglaucous 

 beneath, the roundish reniform sori are borne 

 in the centre of the lobes. It is a distinct and 

 ornamental evergreen Stove Fern 1 00 



*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; in the form of 

 its pinnules it also differs from any other 

 known Fern 75 



*Cuneatum Deflexum, it was raised between 

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

 so-called hybrid Fern. " The plants are dense 

 and compact in growth, on which account they 

 are well adapted for grouping in small baskets 

 and jardinettes. Their bright and cheerful 

 green color adds much to its value as a decora- 

 tive Fern." 75 



*Cuneatum Grandiceps, it differs from the 

 species in several striking particulars. It is 

 more robust in habit, the fronds are more 

 elongated, the pi nnse also terminate in similar 

 l>ut smaller branchings, and these by their 

 weight give the fronds an elegant arching 

 habit 1 00 



*Collisii, a beautiful Fern allied to the well- 

 known Adiantum tenerum, but far superior 

 to it as a decorative plant. The stipes are 

 slender, erect, lustrous ebony-black, 12 to 18 

 inches high, when they become much branch- 

 ed. As distinguished from A. tenerum, the 

 fronds are more numerous, somewhat taller 

 and much more branched, giving the plant a 

 far more elegant contour 1 50 



*Dolabriforme, a beautiful evergreen Adian- 

 tum; fronds elongated, pinnate proliferous 

 pinnules dolabriform. An exceedingly grace- 

 ful Fern 50 



*Farleyense, Alcicombe, an exceedingly dis- 

 tinct and handsome variety of this beautiful 

 Fern 1 50 



Each. 



^Adiantum, Lathomi, in the way of A. Ghies- 

 breghtii, but with a drooping habit. Fronds 

 2-3 feet high, drooping somewhat. The larger 

 pinnules 1-1^ inches long, trapeziform, lobed 

 on the margin. An exceedingly graceful and 

 beautiful Fern ." 1 00 



*Legrandii, a pretty dwarf Fern, with small 

 triangular fronds densely set with overlapping 

 pin miles. Handsome compact habit, verv dis- 

 tinct ." 1 00 



Luddemannianum, a remarkable variety; the 

 peculiaiity 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 1 00 



Pacottii, an elegant Maiden-hair Fern, 4 to 6 

 inches high, with elongate triangular, tripin- 

 nate fronds, with densely set pinnae and pin- 

 nules; pinnules broadly cuneate and deeply 

 cleft 75 



*Rhodophyllum, a most distinct and beautiful 

 Fern, i he fronds are densely crowded, and 

 attain a height of 15 to 18 inches. When first 

 developed the young pinnules are crimson; 

 tney gradually change with age to a rosy 

 fulvous green, and finally to a soft pale 

 green 1 00 



*Victoriae, a handsome decorative Fern of dwarf 

 densely tufted habit. Pinnules large, bluntly 

 deltoid from a truncate base, or subrhomboidal 

 deeply lobed. Sterile lobes serrate. Sori ob- 

 long or reniform at the apex of the lobes. 

 Garden Hybrid 75 



*Weigandii, a very pretty and novel Maiden- 

 hair Fern, neat in habit, having the com- 

 pact bunchy style of growth of A. Decorum. 

 We regard this as a very distinct Fern, one of 

 a pleasing character 50 



*Williamsii, the New Golden Maiden Hair. 

 This splendid novelty is destined to become a 

 general favorite, and for cutting purposes its 

 value cannot be overestimated. It succeeds well 

 in a greenhouse temperature. It is in every 

 respect quite as free and hardy as A. Cunea- 

 tum l 00 



Asplenium Nobilis, this is a graceful Fern, with 

 light lace-like pinnae and arched fronds which 

 somewhat resemble those of A. Viviparum or 

 A Lineatum 50 



Lastrea Richardsii Multifida, the plant has 

 fronds 3 feet high, including the stipes, which 

 are a foot long, numerously developed from 

 a short decumbent caudex. Its bright green 

 color and the broad-crested apices with their 

 numerous narrow divisions give this plant a 

 singularly elegant character 25 cts. to 50 



Nephrolepsis Duffi, a beautiful and distinct 

 Fern. The fronds are densely crowded, from 

 15 to 18 inches long, pinnate and much crested. 

 The pinnae, which are small, are produced in 

 pairs, one overlaying the other, those above 

 being largest. Compact elegant habit... 30 cts. to 50 



*Pleopeltis Fossa, its pretty arching habit of 

 growth and comparatively small size make it 

 a very suitable object for suspending from the 

 roof of the Stove Fernery, and its durable 

 leathery evergreen fronds give it a peculiar 

 distinctness of character 1 00 



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*Gymnogramma Schizophyllum, a very beau- 

 tiful and distinct Stove Fern. The frond is 

 about two inches broad, very finely cut. A 

 remarkable peculiarity in this Gymnogram is 

 seen in the furcation of the rachis at about 

 two-thirds of its length, and where it is pro- 

 liferous, every frond producing a young plant 

 at the point of furcation. One of the most 

 attractive of Ferns 



Microlepia Hirta Cristata, a verybeautiiul new 

 orested Fern lrom the South Sea Islands. Its 

 habit is exceedingly graceful; it is of free 

 growth, admirably adapted for specimens, bas- 

 kets, &c 30 cts. to 



Osmunda Japonica Corymbifera, a very dis- 

 tinct and beautiful Japanese Fern of dwarf 

 habit. The fronds are clustered ; their stipes 

 are erect or sub-erect, quite smooth, slender, 

 and of a bright rosy-pink color. They rise to 

 a height of about -t inches, and support leafy 

 expansions of deltoid or triangular outline 

 that bend away almost horizontally in all 

 directions... 



50 



1 00 



