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MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK. 



'he Boston Fern* ,^ ^ ^ ^ 



In the vicinity of Boston no other plant is used so 

 extensively as this graceful Nephrolepis, which differs 

 from the ordinary fern in having much longer 

 fronds, which frequently attain a length of 4 feet. 

 These fronds arch and droop over very grace- 

 fully, on account of which it is frequently called 

 the "fountain fern. This drooping habit makes it 

 an excellent plant to grow as a single specimen 

 on a table or pedestal. 15c., 2 for 25c. 



AustraUan Tree Ferns, ^ clai^green- 

 '^ * houses and at floral exhibitions, these 

 Ferns are in evidence. Their elegant airy fronds 

 of fresh pale green color are like delicate lace 

 work, and yet when young they make a most 

 excellent house plan4. Fine young planfcg lor 



PotystichiumTroUfemm. ^ ilt'^entltY?"^ 

 (Lace Fern.) demand since atten- 



tion was called to its undoubted merits. It is fully as useful 

 for indoor growing as the Boston Fern, and the fronds when 

 cut last nearly a month. 

 Each ISc, 2 for 25c, 



A Smaller Sized Fern Bali, 5 to 

 6 Indies in diameter, 60c. each. 



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'-,«,-, «^^« icv..u« n^TTc A These balls are formed of a 

 apanese tern B^lls, ^ mass of roots of the hardy Japan- 

 C/ ese fern called Davallia, tied around peat and moss. With 

 age the roots run in every direction over the moss, their young growth 

 producing the bright green fronds. They are very ha"rdy and will 

 stand drought for many weeks, but to have them at their best should 

 be kept moist at all times. To start the balls iu growth quickly, it is 

 best to keep them for a while in a bowl half filled with water in a iighfe 

 pUo«. Large, first iize globes, 75c, each, 3 for $2., ^j expreii, pr©p«lio 



