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CHOICE GREENHOUSE FERNS. 
OSMUNDA PALUSTRIS. 
A handsome evergreen warm greenhouse Fern, very closely resembling our native Royal Fern in its 
general style of growth, but ilifTering in the fronds being persistent througli the winter, which adds 
very much to its desirable (jualities. The fronds are bipinuate, with the leaflets oblong and obtuse, 
the stipes and raches tinted of a reddish-brown colour. It is a native of Brazil. 3s. 6<i. and 5s. 
ONYCHITJM JAPONICITM, 2s. 6d. PTERIS SERBUEATA CBI8TATA, 2s. 6rf. 
POLYPODIUm TRICHODES (LASTREA 
TENERICAXTLIS), 3s. 6d., 5s. & 7s. 6rf. 
PTERIS ARGYBBA, Is. M. and 2s. M. 
CRETICA ALBO-EINEATA, Is. 6d. 
and Ss. 6d. 
TREMULA, 1.9. 6d. and 2s. 6d. 
UMBROSA CRISTATA, vide page 7. 
of sorts, 2s. 8d. and 3s. 6d. 
PTERIS SERRULATA CRISTATA VARIEGATA. 
A pretty greenhouse evergreen Fern, which probably owes its origin to an accidental cross between 
P. scrrulata cristata and P. crelica alho-laieata. The sterile fronds are pinnate, with the lower pinna- 
forked ; they are sharply toothed at the edge, sometimes tasselled at the tips, and marked with a white 
band down the mid-rib ; the fertile fronds are similar in division but taller and naiTower, with a 
gracefully drooping character, and multifidly tasselled at the apices of the pinna;. 7s. 8d. and 10s. 8d. 
PTERIS SERRULATA FIMBRIATA. 
A very distinct and beautiful variety of P. serrulata. The ends of each pinnule are beautifully 
tasselled, the tassels themselves being delicately fringed or frilled, which adds much to the ornamental 
character of the plant. 5s. and 7s. 6d, 
THAMNOPTERIS(NEOTTOPTERIS)AirS- I TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) INTERMEDIA, 
TRADASICA, 5s, and 7s. Sd. \ 2 and 3 guineas. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) HYMENOPHYLLOIDES. 
This pretty New Zealand Filmy Fern, commpnly called Todca pellucida, can be supplied in nice 
plants at 5s., 7s. 8d. and 10s. 8d. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) SUPERBA. 
Any attempt at description must fall far short of conveying an adequate notion of the exquisite 
beauty of this lovely Fern, which is unquestionably one of the most handsome yet known. It shouhl 
bo seen to be justly appreciated. 
The fronds, which are 15 to 18 inches in length, are of a bright green, of transparent texture and 
of a lanceolate outline, spreading, beautifully arching and feathered down to the very base ; the pinna- 
are crowded and cut into narrow segments, which, instead of lying flat, as in Todca kyiticnophijlloUles, 
are turned upwards, giving the frond a frilled surface, and producing an effect distinct from that of 
any Fom in cultivation. 
This is probably the most beautiful of all the dwarf-growing New Zealand Ferns. Fine plants, 
159., 1 and 1^ guinea. 
