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Dreer's Fine Ferns. 



NEW AND RARE VARIETIES. 



Adiantum Farleyense 

 Gloriosa. 



(Ruhm yon Mordrecht, or Glory Fern.) 



An easy-growing form of that most 

 beautiful of all Maiden-Hairs, Adiantum 

 Farleyense, which, on account of its 

 special requirements in atmospheric and 

 temperature conditions, has been limited 

 in its cultivation to specialists. This new variety, which 

 is identical in every particular, has a stronger constitu- 

 tion and may be successfully grown under the same 

 conditions as any ordinary form of the Maiden- Hairs, 

 a decided and great advantage, which will assure for 

 it widespread popularity. Good plants in 3-inch pots, 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 

 $5.00 per doz. 6-inch pots, $1.50 each. 



Asplenium Xidus Avis. 



(The Birds' Nest Fern.) 



An interesting species, with large, dark green foliage. 

 pots, 50 cts. each. 



Nephrolepis Bxaltata Superba. 



Probably the most beautiful of all the crested or plumed 

 Boston Ferns, the fronds being densely frilled their whole length. 

 The plant attains a height of over 3 feet wlien well grown, re- 

 quiring, in the case of this variety, the facilities of a conservatory 

 or greenhouse; but it is such a grand subject that it is worthy of 

 special care. Good plants, 50 cts. each. 



Polypodium Glaucum Cristatum. 



A perfect gem and entirely distinct from all other p'eins, and 

 a splendid subject to grow into specimen plants; the fronds attain 

 a height of about 2 feet, and are of a metallic glaucous blue 

 color, with the edges of the pinnae wavy and crispate, giving the 

 plant a graceful, unique appearance. $1 .00 each. 



3-inch 



Poi.vi'onirM IMandaianiim. 



POI.YPODIUM MANDAIANUM. 



This beautiful Fern originated as a seedling of P.Aureum anct 

 is similar in habit of growth to its parent, producing on well- 

 grown plants fronds from 2 to 3 feet long, on which all of the 

 pinnae is beautifully fringed or laciiiiated; entirely distinct from 

 all other varieties; it makes a handsome specimen grown either 

 in a pot or a hanging-basket. 4-inch pots, $1.00 each; 5-inch 

 pots, $2.00 each. 



PTERIS PARKERI. 



A giant form of P. Miiji/s, with which as a plant for the 

 house everyone will be pleased; its dark green foliage with 

 metallic lustre gives it a distinctive appearance not found in any 

 other variety. 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 



General Collection of Fine Fem< offered on pages 140 and 141 



