CHOICE HAIiDY TEENS. 
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(THE KILLAKNEY OE lEISH BRISTLE FERN). 
Tliis is a British species, but it must, as far as culture is concerned, be included among the green- 
house kinds, as it is almost impossible to succeed ■with it if treated as an ordinary hardy Fern. 
7s. Grf. and 10s. 6rf. . ... 
WOODWARDIA ORIENTALIS, 2s. Grf. and 3s. 6d. 
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 loio-mi. It should 
be seen to bo justly appreciated. The fronds which are fifteen to eighteen inches in length, are of a 
blight green, of tran.sparent toxtui’e and of a lanceolate outline, spreading, beautifully arching and 
feathered down to the very base ; the pinna; are crowded and out into narrow segments, which, instead 
of lying flat, as in 2'odca hymcnophylloidcs, are timied upwards, giving the fronds a frilled surface, and 
producing an effect distinct from thatof any Fern in cultivation. This is probably the most beautiful 
of all the dwarf-growing New Zealand Ferns. 3s. Grf. and 5s. Fine strong plants, 10s. Gd., 15s. 
and 1 guinea. 
TRICHOMANES RADICANS. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) SUPERBA. 
NEW HARDY FERNS. 
LASTREA PROLIFICA. 
A most interesting hardy evergreen Fem, introduced from .Japan, and described by Mr. T. Moore, 
in the Gardoms' Chronicle, December 9th, 1882, where a letter of Mr. Lafosse is quoted in which 
tlie plant is highly eulogised for its beauty. It has triangular, bipinnate, coriaceous, shining green 
fr -’id.s, -with the pinnules narrow, often pointed, usually with a lobe or two at the base, but in 
different plants and parts of the same plant extremely variable in their actual form and character. 
The sori are large and cover the narrow segments, and these sori are themselves covered by large 
persistent indusia, which are red in the centre and lead-coloui’od at the margin. 2s. Gd., 3s. Gel. , & 6s. 
POLYSTICHUM POLYBLEPHARUM. 
A fine hardy evergreen Fcm from Japan. The fronds are of moderate size, ovate-lanceolate, 
bipinnate, -with the lower pinna; dofloxed, the pinnules margiuate, trapezio-ovate or oblong, -with a 
few coarse deep teeth. Tlie lower anterior pinnules are considerably larger than the rest, narrow 
oblong, and deeply inoiso-lobato. The sori are nunrerous, and covered with tliick rufescent indusia. 
2s. Gd., 3s. Gd. & os. 
CHOICE HARDY FERNS. 
Selections of good kinds can be supplied at 18s., 30s. and 42s. per dozen. 
