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PLATYCERItJM, Continued. 
way, suspended, their peculiai'itiesnhave full display. 
The shape of the odd foliage is shown in the accom- 
panying- illustrations; its color is a peculiar gray. 
The plants are of easy culture, and constantly produc- 
ing new prothalliums or fronds ; they arc grand plants 
for house c'ulture. 
P. alcicorue. (See illustration) $0 50 to $1 00 
P. majus 1 50 to 3 00 
P. aithiopica. New 3 50 to 3 50 
P. biforme • .... 3 50 to 5 00 
P. ^ande. (See illustration) ... 3 50 to 5 00 
P. HUlii 5 00 to 10 00 
P. Willinckii 5 00 
PIiEOCITEItIA Leuziana. New; a noble Fern, 
with graceful, finely divided arching fronds. SI. 
PIiEOPEIiTIS fossa. A curious looking but at- 
tractive species, with deeply cut fronds and nar- 
row segments. .?3 to S3. 
PLEURIDIUM crasaifolium . . $3 .50 to *5 00 
P. crassinervium 3 50 to 5 00 
Two very rare and conspicuous ferns. 
POIiTPOSIUIVI. A very large and valuable 
genus. 
P. Catherinse SO 50 
P. leiorhizon 75 
P. pectinatum 50 
Three tine decorative species. 
P. vaccinifolium. A creeping species, 
with dark green and oval-shaped foliage . 50 
PTEHrlS. This genus contains many of the most 
useful decorative species of ferns, and subse- 
quent departments enumerate other fine varie- 
ties, some of exquisite beauty. 
PTERIS aspericaulis . SO T5 
P. Ghiesbreghtii. A fine and tall growing Pern . 1 00 
P. tricolor. A very pretty species, with green, 
rosy and white variegated foliage . . . . $0 50 to 1 00 
BHIFIDOPTIIRIS peltata. A very conspicuous and 
remarkable dwarf species. SI. .50. 
THAMNOPTEBIS Australasica. A sort of Bird's 
Nest Fern -SI 00 to $1 50 
I'LATVCERIUM ALCICORNE. 
