New, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
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PLATYCERIUM ALCICORNE. 
POLYPODIIJM. An indispensable genus of decorative 
Ferns, of easy and rapid growth, including many beau- 
tiful species. 
P. aureum. Very fine and distinct foliage of a bluish 
|o 50 
P. Catherinae 50 
P. glaucum. Beautiful bluish foliage 75 
P. rubesceus i 00 
P. vaccinifolium. A creeping species, with dark 
green, oval-shaped foliage 50 
PLATYCEllIUM. A wonderful and extraordinary 
genus, called Elk-horn or Stag-horn Ferns, and cer- 
tainly the most interesting of all the Fillces. They are 
epiphytal in habit, and 
succeed in baskets, shal- 
. low pans, or when fasten- 
ed on blocks of wood ; in 
the latter way, suspend- 
ed, their peculiarities are 
well displayed. The 
shape of the odd foliage 
is shown in the accom- ui . . - — 
panying illustrations ; its 
color is a peculiar gray. 
The plants are of ea.sy 
culture, and constantly producing new prothalliums or 
fronds ; they are grand plants for house culture. 
P. aleiooriie. The beautiful Elk's-horn Fern See 
'""stration So 50 to $1 00 
P. inajus I SO to 00 
P ;Ethiopica. New 2 50 to 3 50 
2 50 to 500 
P. graude. See illustration .■! 50 to 5 00 
5'"" 5 00 to 10 00 
p. Willinckii ^ ^ 
PTKUIS. This genus contains many of the most 
useful 'decorative species of Ferns of 'exquisite 
beauty. 
P. arg.vrea. See page 80 jjSo 25 to -So 50 
P. cretica albo-Iineata. Illustrated 
on page 80 25 to 50 
P. hastata 25 
P. serrulata angustata 25 
P. crislata. A variety with crested fo- 
liage. These two varieties of the old 
P. serritlala are unusually beautiful 
and valuable, being distinct and rather 
dwarf in habit 25 
P. treinula. A fine old variety; well-known 
and popular 25 
I*, tricolor. A very pretty species, with 
green, rosy and white variegated foli- 
age ,$0 50 to I 00 
P. Victoriae. Foliage beautifully variegated 
with silvery white. See page 80 ... 
SCOLOPENDBIUM crispum. The best spe- 
cies in a fine old genus. See page 80. 
SEIiAGINELLA. Called " Club Moss." A large 
and beautiful genus of plants, mostly of tropical 
origin. Though not strictly mosses, they are 
very mossy in appearance, and are usually class- 
ed and used with Ferns. 
S. Afrioaiia to 35 
S. atrovirides 50 
S. aui'ea jj 
S. Braziliensis 20 
S. caesia. A grand creeping species 25 
S. arborea (arborescois). A very beautiful 
climbing species from East Indies ; of a pecu- 
liar bluish green color $0 50 to i 00 
S. CaUfornica 53 
S. cordata (cordifolia) 25 
S. ciispidata (elongala) 
S. denticulata 25 
S. fol. variegata 25 
PLATYCERIUM URANDE. 
