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Dreer’s Autumn Catalogue, 1898. 
FINE FERNS. 
No collection of plants is complete without Ferns. 
The selection we offer embraces the best varieties of this beautiful class 
of plants, whose diversity and gracefulness of foliage make them peculiarly fitted to combine with other fine plants and flowers. 
NEW and RARE WARIETIES. 
Adiantum capillus-veneris Mariesii. One of the 
prettiest of the new forms of this type. Very small, rich green 
pinne. 50 cts. each. 
Adiantum Fergusonii. One of the handsomest crested 
Maiden Hair. Very much on the style of 4. Wieganaz, but 
with larger pinnz on longer stems; a charming variety for a 
collection or for growing into specimen plant. 50 cts. each. 
Adiantum Lambertianum. Perhaps the prettiest of 
the very fine leaved sorts with very small wedge-shaped 
pinne, the whole plant possessing a graceful airy appearance 
not found in any other 
variety. 60 cts. each. 
Asplenium  WNidus 
Avis (Bird s-nest Fern). 
We have now a fine lot of 
this rare and interesting 
Fern. Strong plants, 75 
cts. each, 
Boston Sword Fern 
-  (Nephrolepis LExaltata 
Bostoniensis). A vari- 
ely which originated in 
the vicinity of Boston, sf : 
where it has been in pop- Srriithl, 
ular favor for a pate nt pees 
of years under the name E 
of Boston Fern. In the 
vicinity of Boston no 
other plant is used so 
extensively as this grace- 
ful Nephrolepis, which 
differs from the ordina- 
ry Sword Fern in hav- 
ing much longer fronds, 
frequently attaining a 
length of 4 feet. These 
fronds arch and droop 
over very gracefully, on 
account of which it is 
also called the Fountain 
Fern. This drooping 
habit makes it an ex- 
cellent plant to grow as 
a single specimen on a 
table or pedestal. (See 
cut also on back cover of 
this Catalogue.) Good 
plants 25 cts. each. Strong plants 50 cts. each. 
strong plants $1.00 each. 
Extra 
Nephrolepis Cordata Compacta. In our estima- 
tion this variety is the finest of all the Sword Ferns; it is of 
free, strong-growing compact habit, attaining when fully 
grown a height of 2 feet. The fronds are of a dark 
green color, very rich, of upright growth, with just suffi- 
cient arch in them to make them graceful. For ‘house 
culture or for window gardening, we do not know of any 
other variety that would give the same satisfaction and which 
we could recommend so highly. We offer three sizes: 3- 
inch pots, 25 cts. each; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 6-inch pots, 
$1.00 each. 
Pteris longifolia Mariesii. Entirely distinct from all 
other varieties of Pteris. Especially suited for growing sus- 
pended, producing drooping fronds nearly 2 feet long. 50 
cts. each. 
Boston Sworp Fern. 
GENERAL COLLECTION. 
Adiantum Bellum. A beautiful variety, with tufted 
fronds about 4 inches long. 16 cts. 
— Cardiochlena. A strong-growing variety with large 
pinne., 26 cts. 
— Caudatum. A creeping variety of the Maiden Hair, 
having the same habit as our native ‘ Walking Fern” of 
rooting at the tips of the fronds and forming new plants. 25c. 
— Collisii. An excellent tall variety, well suited to grow 
into specimens, 26 cts. and 50 cts. 
*_ Cuneatum. The popular Maiden Hair. 25 to 50 cts. 
*— Cuneatum Grandiceps. A very beautiful form of A. 
Cuneatum, having long 
graceful fronds, with 
bunching-tasseled 
heads. 25 ana 50 cts. 
—Cuneatum vae- 
riegatum. A pretty 
variegated form of the 
Maiden Hair. 26 cts. 
*— Decorum. A 
strong-growing variety, 
bronzy foliage. 16 cts. 
— Elegantissima. 
A strong tall growing 
variety. 28 cts. 
— Macrophyllum. 
Very large, heavy, dark 
< green pinne. 26 cts. 
— Farleyense. ‘This 
is the finest of all the 
Maiden Hair varieties. 
50 cts., $1.00, $2.00. 
— Formosum. A tall 
growing sort. 25 cts. 
—Lathomi. A large 
growing variety. 50 cts. 
— LeGrandi. Dwarf, 
compact, fine foliage. 15c. 
— Mundullum. lic. 
*— Pubescens. A use- 
ful basket variety. 15c. 
— Pulverulentum. 
15 cts. 
— Rhodophyllum. 
This handsome variety 
is best described as a 
miniature form of 4. 
Farleyense, much easier 
to grow. 26 cts. 
| — Wiegandi, A pretty little species, with peculiarly 
| crested and overlapping pinne. 6 cts. 
Alsophila Australis. Australian Tree-Fern. 25 and 50c. 
Asplenium Belangeri. 
pretty divided pinnz. 28 cts. 
Cibotium Schiedei. One of the most desirable and 
valuable Tree-Ferns in cultivation. Specimen plants $6.00 
each; good young plants $1.00 each. 
Cyrtomium Faleatum. One of the most desirable 
| Ferns for house culture; a strong-growing variety. 16 cts. 
*— Caryotidium. 15 cts. 
— Fortunei. 15 cts. 
Davallia Fijiensis Majus. 
elegant to grow into specimen plants. 
— Fijiensis Plumosa. 
gracefully arching fronds. 25 to 50 cts. 
— Mooreana. An elegant exhibition Fern. 
l= Pentaphylia. 
An easy-growing species, with 
A most useful variety, 
25 cts. 
A charming evergreen Fern, with 
50 cts. 
Dwarf-growing, dark green fronds. 25c. 
