CHOICE GREENHOUSE FERNS. 
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NEW NEPHRODIUMS. 
In introducing' those remarkable novoltieB, it may bo as well to quote the acoount of them given 
in the Gardeners' Chronicle : — 
“ Wa havo lately had brought under our notice by Mr. W. Bur.r, a very remarkable illustration of 
the Vauiawlity or Feens. A crop of plants had been raised from the spores of Nepb'odiwn mollc 
ertstatum, a very indifferently crested form of a very common Porn. In this batch of young plants 
oocurred a considerable numbor of most remarkable deviations from the paront plant. Many of 
them havo the stipes and fronds repeatedly branched, and tho parts everywhere densely crested. 
Others, with more of the plain character of the normal state of the species, had well-crested apices 
both to the pinna) and frond, and a forking of tho stipes, though less developed than in the former ; 
such a development as might be called BAMOSUM. A third set, with very littlo of tho plain portion 
in some casos, and none at all in othors, bora a great glomerate crested head of crispy segments, 
and this form we propose to distinguish by tho name of gbandiceps, bocauso it is fashioned after 
the manner of tho varieties of our native Perns to which this name has beon given.” 
NEPHRODIUM MOLLE CRISPUM 
„ „ CBISTATUM 
„ „ DENSUM 
NEPHRODIUM MOLLE GBANDICEPS 
„ „ ramosissimum 
„ „ BAMOSUIYL 
3s. Gd. each, or the collection for 16s. 
ONYCHIUJrl JAPONICUM, Is. Gd. 
PTEBIS CBETICA ALBO - LINEATA 
ANGUSTA, Is. 6 (l. 
PTEBIS SERBULATA CBISTATA, Is. Gel. 
and 2s. Gil. 
POLYPODIUM TRICHODES, 2s. 6r/., 3s. Gil., 
and 5s. 
PTEBIS SERBULATA POLYDACTYLA, 
Is. Gd. and 2s. Gel. 
PTEBIS STRAEIINEA, 2s. Gd. and 3s. Gd. 
TH AMNOPTERIS (NEOTTOPTERIS) AUSTRALASICA. 
In general habit and character this is similar to the well-known Asplenium Nidus, commonly called 
tho Bird's Nest Fern, but it is a great improvement on that kind, tho fronds boing double tho width, 
added to which the plant is more hardy. This is the Peru that attracted such universal admiration 
in tho sub-tropical garden at Battersea Park during last season. It can be planted in the open air 
during the summer. 7s. Gd., 10s. Gd., and 15s. 
TODEA AFRICANA. 
A largo froo-growing species, of easy culture. 3s. Gil., 5s., and 7s. Gd. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) HYMENOPHYLLOIDES. 
This profcfcy Now Zealand Filmy Fern, commonly called Todea pellucida, can be supplied in nice 
plants at 2.9. 6d. j fine specimens, 1£, 2, and 4 guineas. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTE r S) SUPERBA. 
Any attempt at description must fall far short o; conveying an adequate notion of the exquisite 
boauty of this lovely Fern, which is unquestionably one of tho most handsome yet known. It should 
be seen to bo justly appreciated. 
Tho fronds, which are 15 to 18 inches in length, are of a ploasing green, of transparent texture, 
and of a lanceolate outline, spreading, beautifully arching, and feathered down to the very base ; 
tho pinnae aro crowded, and cut into narrow segments, which, instead of lying flat, as in Todea pellu- 
cltla, are turned upwards, giving tho frond a frilled surface, and producing an effect distinct from 
that of any Fern in cultivation. 
This is probably tho most beautiful of all the dwarf-growing Now Zealand Ferns. Fine imported 
plants, 15s., 1, 1J, and 2 guineas. 
TRICHOMANES RADICANS. 
(TOE IRISH BRISTLE PERN OR KILLARNEY PERN.) 
This is a British species, but it must, as far as culture is concerned, be included among tho green- 
house kinds, as it is almost impossible to suocood with it if treated as an ordinary hardy Pern. 
7s. Gd. ; handsome specimens, 1), 2, and 4 guineas. 
WOODWARDIA OR1ENTALIS. 
This was collected in China by Mr. Fortune, and is a froo-growing dosirablo Pern, giving hand- 
some fronds 2 to 3 feet long, becoming studded with proliferous buds. 2s. Gd. and 3s. Gd. 
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