427-9 SANSOME ST. 
SAN FRANCISCO, 
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Bhapis flabelliforillis. A native ofiCliina and 
Japan. Upright growth, with reed-like stems 
and divided leaves. Very decorative. Price, 10 
shoots, 3 feet, $8.00 each ; 7 shoot.s, 2 feet, $4.00 
each ; 5 shoots, 1 foot, |2.(10 each. 
Sabal Blackbur- 
niana. A native 
of the West In- 
dies. Of slow 
growth; leaves 
fan-shape. Price 
4-inch pots, 9 to 
12 inches, 50 cts. 
each. 
Seafortliia elegans. 
{P lychosptrma 
Cunning hamii.) 
"Illawarra Palm." 
A native of Aus- 
t r a I i a. Leaves 
pinnate; dark 
green ; divisions 
narrow. Most 
graceful of house 
palms. Price, 
pots, 2 to 3 feet, 
$2.50 each ; 14 to 
2 feet, $2.00 each ; 
$ltoljfeet, $1.50 
each. 
Tliriiiax argeiitea. A native of the West Indies- 
Of slow growth ; leaves fan-shaped and very round; 
color green, with golden tinge. Price, pots, 2 
fiet, $10,00 each. 
Pritchardia Pacill- 
ca. A native of 
the South Sea Is- 
lands. A tender 
variety. A very at- 
tractive palm; 
leaves fan-shaped 
and of dark green 
hue. Price, 12- 
inch pots, 5 feet, 
$15.00 each. 
Ptychosperina Alex- 
audrsB. A na- 
tive of the Kast- 
ern Archipelago. 
Resembles the 
Seafqrthia, but of 
finer growth, and 
back of the leaves 
tinged with sil- 
ver. A green- 
house variety. 
Price,7 ft., $15.00 
each. 
KEKTIA POSTEKIAXA. 
Ferns 
What more pleasing than a few beautiful growing ferns in your dining-room, parlor or hall ? They 
impart cheer and happiness where otherwise gloom and weariness might prevail. Their presence lifts the 
thoughts up from brooding over life's ills to glory in the woods, brooks and hillsides. 
Adiantum bellilin. A grand variety,with tufted fronds 
about four inches long. Price, 50 cts. to$1.00 each. 
Adiantnm capilliis. Price, 50 cts. each. 
Adiantnm cuneatum. Graceful, useful and more 
generally cultivated than any other fern : of free 
habit and easy culture. Much used for cut flower 
work. Price, 5-inch pots, 75 cts. each ; $5.00 per 
10 ; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each ; $3.50 per 10. 
Adiantnm excelsnin. Price, 50 cts. each. 
Adiantum Farleyense. Discovered on Farley Hill, 
Jamaica. Grandest of all the Adiantums ; re- 
quires stove treatment or warm greenhouse ; two 
to three feet high ; broad and pendulous, deeply 
fringed, crispy fronds. Price, 75 cts. to $10.00 each. 
Adiantnm forntosum. A strong growing, easily 
cultivated species; fronds light green, one to two 
feet high. Price, 75 cts. each. 
Adiantnm gracillimum. The most elegant and dis- 
tinct of all the Maiden Hair ferns. Very light and 
graceful; fronds about afoot long. The multiplicity 
of pinnules gives it a peculiarly charming appear- 
ance; color, olive green. Price, 75 cts. each. 
Adiantnm hispidnlnm. Native of New Holland. 
Price, 50 els. each. 
Adiantnm pnlvernlentam. Price, 50 cts. each. 
Adiantnm Williamsii. Native of Peru. A grand 
variety. Strong grower ; fronds long and arched. 
When young the fronds are dusted with a yellow 
substance. Price, $1.00 each. 
Alsophila Australis. One of the largest of the 
celebrated Australian tree ferns. A magnificent, 
delicate-leaved variety of gigantic size. Price, 
boxed, 3 feet, $3.50 each. 
Aspidium falcatnm. Price, 35 cts. each. 
Aspleninm bnlbifernm. A strong-growing son, of 
easy culture ; fronds very long and arched ; pin- 
nules very fine. Price, 5-inch pots, 50 cts. eacli ; 
4- incli pots, 35 cts. each. 
Aspleuinm nidns. {Bird's Nest Fern.) Price, $50.00 
each. 
Bleclinum Braziliense. Native of Brazil. A noble 
fern, making fronds from one to four feet long, 
and forming a stem as it attains age. Price, 
boxed, 5 feet, $10.00 each ; 3 feet, $7.50 each ; 
5- inch pots, $1.50 each. 
Ulechnnm Occidcntalc. Native of Brazil. Price, 
$1.00 to $2.00 each. 
Cyathea medullaris. One of the most elegant of 
Cyatheas. Price $5.00 each. 
Davailia Canariensis. (flares foot fern.) Price, 
25 cts. each. 
Diclcsonia Antarctica. One of the best of the cool- 
house ferns. Tlie fronds are a fine glossy green 
color, and nature of plant strong and vigorous. 
Price, boxed, from 2 to 12 feet high, from $4.00 
to $50.00 each. 
Microlepia hirta cristata. {Crested Fern.) Native 
of South Sea Islands. Price, 50 cts. each. 
