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Cycas revoluta. Very handsome spcciniens, with 
eighteen to twenty-inch trunks, all with magnifi- 
cent heads. 
Cycas revoluta. Splendid half-specimens, with. 
trunks from one to 1% feet, all with perfect heads 
and a number of leaves. 
Dion edule. A grand specimen, with a clear stem 
of three feet, and a perfect head of 10 fronds. 
Dion edule. Handsome specimens, with one-foot 
stems and good heads. 
PRITCHARDIA GRANDIS 
See description, page 1 1 
Zamia Lindenii. A most magnificent specimen, 
with a two-foot clear stem, and 14 elegant fronds, 
six to seven feet long. 
Zamia Roezlii (true.) Beautiful specimens, seven 
feet high, with seven perfect fronds and strong 
trunks. 
Zamia Mexicana. Beautiful specimens, of com- 
pact, dwarf habit, and dark purplish green, grace- 
fully curved leaves, about four feet high. 
TREE FERNS 
A remarkable clasa ol ferns, which of themselves form stems or trunks from the top of which they throw their 
■lately fronds in great prolusion. 
Besides this list of extraordinarily largo and handsome specimens, we have many halt and three-quarter specimens 
closely approaching the sizes mentioned and described below. For full list of Tree Ferns, bee Ferns. 
DICKSONIA ANTARCTICA (Belantium). 
Alsophila australis. Handsome specimen, with 
stem of four feet, crowned with eight large per- 
fect fronds of a charming rich green color; the 
plant has a six-foot spread. 
Cyatliea dealbata. A grand plant, with a seven- 
foot stem and 15 fronds; this is a rare specimen. 
Cyathea Smithii. A perfect pair of this grand 
species, with five-foot stems, and upwards of 
twenty fronds : very rare variety. 
Cibotium Scliiedei. A very beautiful and graceful 
specimen, wliith is established upon a six-foot 
stem of Cyathea dcalhata, with 12 fronds. 
Cibotium reg;ale. One grand specimen of this hand- 
some variety, with rich light green fronds, which, 
strongly contrast with the golden yellow silk-liko 
fur on the leaf-stalks ; the stem is three feet, with 
a t)cautiful top. 
Cibotium prinoeps. Magnificent specimen of this 
noble and vigorous-growing tree fern, about si.x 
feet high, with about the same spread, and man/ 
fine fronds. 
Of this r.'.ost st.atoly Trop-Fern, a native of Aus- 
tralia and New Zealand, we have an unsurpassed col- 
lection, with fibrous stems or trunks from six inches 
to two feet in diameter, and varying in height from 
three to twenty feet. The tops or crowns of these 
grand, erect stems are surmounted with numerous 
lace-likc fronds of a rich green, from three to six feet 
long. These choice Trcc-Ferns are indispensable in 
cc.nservatory decorations or furnishings, and are easily 
cultivated and cared for, requiring only ordinary at- 
tention, and they produce a stately and tropical effect 
wherever placed. 
Prices of these extraordinary fern specimens range 
from $25 to $75 and upward to .$200 each. 
Prices for any of the specimens, tosether 
witb further particulars in reg;ard to the 
plants, handling, etc., promptly supplied on 
application. 
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