KTew, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
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Fern/ is? 5el/iqinell/i/. 
No COLLECTION of plants is complete without Ferns and Mosses. Their beauty, all of foliage, seems es- 
pecially fitted to combine with all brilliant and lovely flowers and to supplement the majestic elegance 
of the Palms and Cyoads. A vast variety thei-e is, too, among them, from the delicate, transparent emerald 
fronds of the finer Adiantums, to the bold and handsome foliage of the Nephrolepis and Pteris ; or between the 
lovely Selagiuellas, carpeting the ground, and the stately Tree Ferns, which fill the beholder with admiration. 
The appreciation of Ferns has increased vastly of late years, and they are now extensively used for all decora- 
tive purposes, and in all elegant floral work. Our extensive and carefully grown stock affords ample opportunity 
for buyers to select, and we have arranged our catalogue into groups of those varieties suited for various tempera- 
tures, as with Orchids. 
POR 5TOYE OR HOT-IIOUJE CULTIYAlTlON. 
These require a Temperature of not less than 60 to 70 degrees in Winter. 
ADIANTUM. A large genus of handsome tropical and 
sub-tropical Ferns, commonly known as " Maiden-hair" 
ferns. Their value and beauty is well known, and they 
are appreciated the world over. 
A. eemulum $0 50 
A. amabile 
A. Moorei. A very fine species for growing in 
baskets, etc 
A. aneitense. New 
A. Bauseii. New 
A. dolabriforme. New; a very conspicuous form, 
with ovcrhauging fronds ; well suited for hang- 
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A. bellum. Dwarf and compact 
A. caudatum. A fine sjiecies for baskets .... 
A. concinnum. Good for basket and table work 
A. cuneatum. Certainly the best for all general 
purposes 
A. curvatum 
A. cardiochloena. New; a very tall and robust 
A. Farleyense. One of the most beautiful varie- 
ties, and the (lueen of the Maiden-hair ferns ; the 
pinnules arc large but delicate $1 00 to 
A. Fergussonii. New ; fine species from Ceylon 
A. Flemingii. New 
A. fovearum 
A. fragrantissima 
A. Lindenii 
A. macrophyllum. Very distinct and lai'go . . 
A. princeps. New; very graceful and fine . . 
A. Feruvianum. Very tall and large leaved : an 
easy grown sjiecies of groat beauty 
A. rhodophyllum. One of the most beautiful 
now varieties, with reddish colored fronds . . . 
A. SanctsB Catherinse. 
very useful species . . 
A robust growing and 
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ADIANTUM speciosum. An excellent and beautiful 
species of graceful habit 75 
A. Seemanii 75 
A. tetraphyllum. New; an exceedingly fine 
species 1 00 
A. trapeziforme. A very fine species, with ele- 
gant fronds and large pinnses 75 
A. Victorise. A lovely Fern, of dwarf and com- 
pact growth 50 
A. 'Williamsii. New; a species with golden 
fronds 1 00 
AGItAOMORFHA Meyeniana. A remarkable 
fern from the Philippines ; the so-called "Bear's 
Paw." A new and rare species 1.50 
ANEMIA. All Anemias are very interesting and beau- 
tiful ferns for any collection. 
A. adiantifolia. Rai'e $1 00 
A. collina 1 00 
A. villosa 1 35 
ADIANIIM FAKl.EYENSE. 
