BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



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View In one of our Fern Houses, from a Photograph. 



FINE FERNS. 



No collection of plants is complete without Ferns. The selection we offer embraces the best varieties of this beauti- 

 ful class of plants, whose diversity and gracefulness of foliage make them peculiarly fitted to combine with other line 

 plants and flowers. 



The popularity of ferns has increased wonderfully in the past few years, and they are now indispensable in all choice 

 floral decorations, and are especially valued for ferneries for room and table decoration. 



Where there is moisture and shade most of the varieties succeed well when planted out-of-doors ; they delight in a 

 light soil mixed with sand and peat or leaf mould ; good drainage must be provided, as stagnant water is fatal to success. 



Adiantum Pulverulentum. 15 cts. 



ADI ANTUMLS (naiden Hair Ferns.) 



Adiantum Bellum. A beautiful variety, with tufted 

 fronds about 4 inches long. 15 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 ; 

 admirably adapted for growing in hanging baskets. 25c. 



* — Cuneatum. The popular Maiden Hair. 25 to 50 cts. 



* — Cuneatum Grandiceps. A very beautiful form of A. 

 Cuneatum, having long graceful fronds, with the ends 

 of the fronds developed into bunching tasselled heads ; 

 a distinct and lovely variety. 25 and 50 cts. each. 



— Cuneatum Variegatum. A variegated form of the 

 popular Maiden Hair. 15 cts 



* — Decorum. A strong growing variety, with bronzy 

 foliage. 15 cts. 



* — Dolabriforme. A remarkable Fern of peculiar creep- 

 ing habit, with long drooping fronds, at the ends of 

 which young plants form ; admirably adapted for grow- 

 ing in hanging- baskets. 25 cts. 



— Farley ense. This is the finest of all the Maiden 

 Hair varieties. 50 cts., §1.00, $2.00. 



* — (jracillimum. Smallest and most graceful Maiden 

 Hair. 25 cts. 



— Lathomi. A fine large growing variety. 50 cts. 



— Le Grandi. Dwarf, compact, tine foliage. 15 cts. 



— riundullum. 15 cts. 



* — Pubescens. A useful basket variety. 15 cts. 



— Wiegandl. A pretty little species, with peculiarly 

 crested and overlapping pinnae. 25 cts. 



Alsophila Australia. Australian tree-fern, a very rapid 

 growing species. 25 and 50 cts 



Asplenium Belangeri. An easy growing species, with 

 pretty divided pinnae. 25 cts. 



Blechnum Braziliense. A strong growing species, use- 

 ful for decorative purposes. 25 cts. 



Cibotium Schiedei. One of the most desirable and 

 valuable Tree Ferns in cultivation. Specimen plants, 

 §5.00 each ; good young plants, 50 cts. each. 



Cyrtomium Falcatum. One of the most desirable 

 .Ferns for house culture ; a strong growing variety with 

 large deep green foliage. 15 cts. 

 * — Caryotidium. 15 cts. 



— Fortunei. 15 cts. 



Davallia Fijiensis flajus. A most useful variety, ele- 

 gant to grow into specimen plants either in large pots or 

 hanging basket 25 cts. 

 *— Stricta. One of the finest Ferns in cultivation, 

 whether for growing as a decorative plant in the room 

 or planting out ; the fronds are of strong texture and of 

 a beautiful shade of green. 25 and 50 cents. 



— Fijiensis Plumosa. A charming evergreen Fern, 

 with gracefully arching fronds, of easy and rapid growth. 

 25 to 50 cts. 



— flooreana. An elegant exhibition Fern of rapid 

 growth. 50 cts. 



