WHOLESALE PEIOE LIST. 



Dreer's Fine Perns 



NEW BOSTON OR SWORD FERN. 



VARIETIES OF SPECIAL MERIT. 



Tlie Neiv Boston or S'word Fern. 



(Nephrolepis Piersoni.) 



The most important addition to our list of Ferns for many years, and a plant which 

 will supercede that most popular of all decorative plants, the Boston Fern, from which it 

 ic supposed to be a sport. The plant possesses the same vigorous growth that is 

 characteristic of the Boston Fern, with long graceful fronds, but with each pinnje or 

 leaflet subdividing, so as to form a perfect miniature frond. This characteristic of the 

 frond is well shown in our illustration, though it conveys but a slight idea of the grace 

 and beauty of the feathery plume-like fronds, which can only be compared to the graceful 

 ostrich plume. The fronds grow broad and heavy, and measure, when fully developed, 

 at least 6 inches across, increasing in beauty as they develop. On account of the weight 

 of the foliage the plant assumes an exceedingly graceful appearance, and, owing to the 

 fulness of the fronds, even small plants are well furnished, making much more sym- 

 metrical and beautiful plants than the Boston Fern. 



The plant has been awarded Gold Medals by the Massachusetts Horticultural 



Society, Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists, Great Kansas 



City Chrysanthemum Show and a Silver Medal at the New York Chrysanthemum Show. 



Price f 07- strong 2^ inch pot plants. 



Per 12 plants, 75 cts. each Per 100 plants, 50 cts. each. 



" 50 " 60 " " " 500 " 45 " " 



Per 1000 plants, 40 cts. each. 



Adiantnm Bensoniana. 



A most beautiful Maidenhair, with large fronds and deep green pinna-, which, 

 while closely overlapping, is not so dense as to make the frond appear crowded. It 

 makes a handsome specimen plant, and is a distinct addition to our long list of 

 Adiantums. 



2)^ inch pots, ^1.25 per dozen ; $10.00 per 100. 



Adiantnm Farlyense. 



A fine lot of thrifty plants. 3 inch pots, ^2.00 per dozen ; $15.00 per 100; 5 inch 

 pots, $7-5° ps"" dozen. 



Aspleninm Xidns Avis. 



The "Bird's Nest Fern," a fine thrifty lot of 3 inch pots, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 dozen ; $20.00 per 100. 



Aspleninm Nidns Avis Mnltilobatnm. 



A distinct new variety of the Bird's Nest Fern, with which it is identical in every 

 way, except that the edges of the fronds are deeply lobed or toothed in irregular seg- 

 ments ; a variety that is worthy of a place in every collection. 4 inch pots, $1.00 each. 



Alsophila Anstralis. 



We have again this season a fine supply of this useful, quick- 

 growing Australian Tree, Fern, and offer strong 



2)^ inch pots, $1.00 per dozen $8.00 per 100. 

 3 " 1.25 " 10.00 " 



SEEDLING FERNS. 



In Flats. 



We can still supply the following varieties in flats, containing 

 about two hundred plants, each at $2.00 per flat. 

 Adiantum cuneatum. 



" »' grandiceps. 



" pubescens. 



Aspidium Tsussimense. 

 Lomaria Qibba. 

 Lygodium scandens. 

 Nephrodiuni hertipes. 

 Polypodium areolata. 

 Pteris adiantoides. 



" cretica alba lineata. 



" " magnifica. 



" hastata. 



•• internata. 



" Ouvrardi. 



" Sieboldi. 



" Wimsetti. 



