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CHOICE HARDY FERNS. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) SUPERBA. 
Any attempt at description must fall far short of conveying an ade(puate notion of the exquisite 
licauty of this lovely Fern, which is unquestionably one of the most handsome yet known. Itshouhl 
he seen to he justly appreciated. 
Tlie fronds, which are 15 to 18 inches in length, are of a pleasing gi-een, of transparent texture and 
of a lanceolate outline, spreading, heautifully arching and feathered down to the very hase ; the pinmu 
are crowded and cut into narrow segments, which, instead of lying fiat, as in Todca poll'uoida, awi 
turned upwards, giving the frond a frilled surface, and producing an effect distinct from that of any 
Fern in cultivation. 
This is prohahly the most beautiful of all the dwarf-gi-owing New Zealand Ferns. Fine plants, 
1, 1^ and 2 guineas 
TRICHOMANES RADICANS. 
(THE IRISH BRISTLE FERN OR KILLARNEY FERN.) 
This is a British species, hut it must, as far as culture is concerned, he included among the green- 
house kinds, as it is almost impossible to succeed with it if treated as an ordinary hardy Fern. 10s. 6d. 
■WOODWAEDIA JAPONICA, 5s. | WOOD WARDIA' RADICANS, 3s. 6cf. 
NEW HARDY FERN. 
ATHYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA APICALE. 
One of the dwarf-crested forms of hardy Ferns and one of considerable beauty, well deserving a place 
in collections of hardy Ferns. It grows about 6 inches in height, and has the fronds very much 
divided, the apices of the several divisions ending in a tasselled or cristate head of curled segments. 
It is one of the smaller and more eleg.ant varieties of this very polymorphous Fern. 7s. 6(i. 
CHOICE HARDY FERNS. 
Selections of good kinds can be supplied at 18s., 30s., 42s. and 60s. per dozen, 
SELAGINELLAS (LYCOPODIUMS). 
Selections of good kinds can be supplied at 30s. and 42s. per dozen. 
