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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
'PTl£,KlS—co7ifinued. 
P. adiatitoides (adiantifolia of some authors). 
Synonymous witli Pellcea acliantoicles. 
P. arg^yrsea. 
The very popular Fern tlius listed is a form of 
P. quadriaurita. 
Fig. 119. Pteris aspericaulis tricolor, one of the finest of all 
Ferns, its fronds being a combination of green, white, 
and red. 
P. aspericaulis. 
A very handsome, stove Fern, of dwarf and compact 
habit, native of India. From an upright rootstoek it yields 
fronds l^ft. long and of a smooth, glossy nature. These are 
composed of one terminal and two or three pairs of lateral 
