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HENRY A. DREES,:714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Boston Sword Fern. ( See offer on page lo.) 



Adiantum Candatnm and Adiantnm 

 Dolabriformis. 



Two pretty species especially adapted for baskets. They 

 are of a pecnliar creeping or drooping habit, with long 

 fronds, at the ends of which young plants are produced. 

 3 inch pots, $1.25 per dozen ; $10.00 per 100. 



Adiantniu Roclifordiaxinm. 



A most desirable form of A. cuneatum with somewhat 

 larger pinnse of a darker green color, forming a more com- 

 pact plant, especially valuable to grow as a pot plant. 

 2 J inch pots, 75 cts per dozen ; $5.00 per 100. 



Alsophila Anstralis. 



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

 quick-growing Australian Tree Fern, and offer strong 

 2i inch pots, $1.00 per dozen ; $ 8.00 per 100. 



3 " " 1.25 " 10.00 " 



4 " " 2.00 " 15.00 " 



Aspidium Tsnssimense. 



Without question the most valuable of all Ferns yet 

 introduced for Fern-dishes ; of strong but dwarf and 

 graceful habit ; of good color and of better keeping quality 

 than any other feru we know. Heretofore we have been 

 able to offer this variety only in limited quantity, but this 

 season our stock consists of nearly 60,000 plants, and are 

 therefore able to quote it at a popular price. 



2 inch pots, $4.00 per 100 ; $35.00 per 1000. 



3 " " 6.00 " 50.00 " 



Aspleninm Bnlbifernm. 



This variety is but rarely seen in this country, but is grown 

 in large quantities in Europe, especially in England, where 

 it is considered one of the most important Ferns for house 

 decoration ; it is a most valuable variety to grow into 5 or 

 6 inch pot plants. 



We offer a fine lot in 3 inch pots. | 

 $1.00 per dozen ; $8.00 per 100 ; $75.00 per 1000. | 



Fir^e perils. 



As usual our stock of Ferns is very large, about 500,000 

 being now in pots ready to send out. Our collection has 

 been especially selected for florists' use, discarding all such 

 as are only useful in a botanical collection. 



Gt?oice Varieties 

 of Special M^Pit- 



Adiantum Farleyense. 



Nice young, thrifty stock for growing on. 



3 inch pots, $2.00 per dozen ; $15.00 per 100. 



4 " " 5.00 " 40.00 " 



9.00 

 12.00 



70.00 



Adiantum Liathomi. 



Always scarce, and in our estimation (excepting A. Far- 

 leyense) the most beautiful Adiantnm in cultivation, for 

 growing into specimen plants. We hare a fine lot of 3 inch 

 pots which we can supply at $1.50 per doz. ; $12.00 per 100. 

 4 inch pots, $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Adiantum Rhodophyllum. 



This variety is always scarce, and while it does not com- 

 pare with Farleyense in a large specimen, in a small plant 

 it resembles it very much, and has the advantage of suc- 

 ceeding under ordinary cultivation. 



2 inch pots, 75 cts. per dozen ; $5.00 per 100. 



3 " $1.25 " 8.00 



4 " 1.50 " 12.00 



Cibotium Schiedei. 



This is undoubtedly the finest of all Tree Ferns for use 

 in decorative purposes, and, though appearing very soft, is 

 in fact very hardy, as has been demonstrated by the lead- 

 ing decorators in all the Eastern cities, succeeding admira- 

 bly as a house plant, which is not the case with any other 

 Tree Fern. It possesses a graceful and delicate appearance 

 that is found in no other plant. It is a variety that is 

 always scarce and difficult to obtain. We have succeeded 

 in growing a fine lot of this variety, and offer beautiful 

 decorative plants of it. 



each : 



5 inch pots, 75 cts. 



6 " " $1.25 



7 •" " 1.50 



8 " " 2.50 



$ 7.50 per dozen. 

 12.00 



15.00 " 

 30.00 



Cibotium Princeps. 



Similar to the above, but with broader shorter foliage. 



4 inch pots, 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per dozen. 



5 " " 75 " " 7.50 " 



6 " " 1.25 " 12.00 " 



Doreopteris Nobilis. 



It is only at rare intervals that we are able to ofier this 

 handsome Fern in quantity. We have a fine stock this 

 season in 2J inch pots. 



75 cts. per dozen ; $6.00 per 100 ; $50.00 per 1000. 



Microlepia Hirta Cristata. 



We consider this one of the finest Ferns in cultivation to 

 grow into specimen plants, and while it is of such a deli- 

 cate, graceful appearance, that would lead one to think 

 that it was useless as a house-fern, it is, nevertheless, one 

 of the best for this purpose, and when well grown meets 

 with as ready sale as the popular Boston Fern. It is 

 seldom that we are in a position to offer it in quantity ; 

 this season our stock is exceptionally large, which enables 

 us to ofier it at the following low prices : 



2 J inch pots, 75 cts. per dozen ; $ 6.00 per 100. 



3 " " $1.25 " 10.00 " 



4 " " 2.50 " 20.00 " 



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