CHOICE GREENHOUSE PERNS. 
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LOMARIA DAIiO-AIRNSI.®. 
A very fine Fern of arborescent fiabit, possibly a form of L. Eoryana, (magellanica) and having 
something the aspect of that arboreScent variety of this species which bears the name of L. zmnioidcs. 
It lias a blackish trunk, shaggy at the apex ; subcoriaceous fronds and lanceolate acute pinna:, dark 
green on the upper surface and paler beneath. It has been introduced from South Africa, and is a 
free-growing vigorous plant in a greenhouse temperature, and therefore a valuable accpiisition. In the 
absence of fertile fronds, its glabrous smface and confluent upper pinme point to the plant published 
by Dr. Pappe under the name here adopted. and 2 gnineas j a few very handsome plants at 3 
guineas each. 
LOMARIA DISCOLOR BIPINNATIPIDA. 
This beautiful Fern is certainly one of the most handsome of the Lomarias yet introduced. It is of 
symmetrical habit, its broad sterile fronds rise evenly from the crown, spread outwards in all directions, 
and arch in an exceedingly graceful manner. Their pinme are closely set, so that the parts overlap 
each other, and are divided to the mid-rib, the segments being very much toothed and somewhat crisped, 
which gives the fronds an elegantly fringed appearance. This was one of the twelve new plants with 
which Mr. W. Bull gained the First Prize at the International Horticultural Exhibition, held at 
Dundee in September, 1876. The specimens olfcred have been imported from Victoria, and are of 
various sizes. Pi ices on application. 
LOMARIA GIBB A, vide page 138. 1 LOMARIA ZAMIAIFOLIA, 5s. and 7s. M. 
MICROLBPIA ANTHRISOIFOLIA. 
An elegant South African Fern of remarkably free growth, the creeping rhizomes throwing off an 
abundance of quadripinnate fronds, which resemble those of Oheilantkes eUyans in their numerous and 
finely cut divisions, while their more ample size, velvety texture, and soft green colour, give a delightful 
effect to the whole plant. 3s. 6<7. 
NEPHRODIUM MOLLE CRISTATUM, 5s. ] NBPHRODIUM MOLLB RAMOSUM, 5s. 
OSMUNDA PALUSTRIS. 
A handsome overgi'cen warm greenhouse Fern, very closely resembling our native Eoyal Fern in its 
general style of growth, but difl'ering in the fronds being persistent through the winter, which adds 
very much to itsMesirable qualities. The fronds arc bipinnate, with the leaflets oblong and obtuse, 
the stipes and raches tinted of a reddish brown colour. It is a native of Brazil. 3s. 6d. 
POLYPODIUM TRICHODES (LASTREA PTERIS CRETICA ALBO-LINEATA. Is. 6(7. 
TBNERICAULIS), 3s. 6(7., 5s. and 7s. 6(7. SERRULATA CRIST AT A, 2s. 6(7. 
PTERIS ARQYREA, Is. 6(7. and 2s. 6(7. 
PTERIS SERRULATA CRISTATA VARIEGATA. 
A pretty Fern, which probably owes its origin to an accidental cross between P. seirulata crUala 
and P. erctica alho-Uncata. The sterile fronds are pinnate, with the lower pinntc forked ; they are 
sharply toothed at the edge, sometimes tasselled at the tips, and marked with a white baud down the 
mid-rib ; the fertile fronds are siniilar in division but taller and narrower, with a gracefully drooping 
character, and multifidly tasselled at the apices of the pinme. 7s. 6(7. 
PTERIS SERRULATA FIMBRIATA, 5s. | PTERIS TREMULA, Is. 6(7. and 2s. 6(7. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) HYMENOPHYLLOIDES. 
This pretty New Zealand Filmy Fern, commonly called Todca jKllucida, can be supplied in nice 
plants at 5s. and 7s. 6(7. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) SUPERBA. 
Any attempt at description must fall far short of conveying an adeipiate notion of the cxiiuisito 
beauty of this lovely Fern, which is unquestionably one of the most handsome yet known. It should 
be seen to be justly appreciated. . , . , , 
The fronds, which are fifteen to eighteen 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 pinme are crowded and cut into narrow segments, which, instead of lying flat, as in JWea 
hymenophylloides, are turned upwards, giving the frond a frilled surface, and producing an effect 
distinct from tliat of any Fern in cultivation. 
This is probably the most beautiful of all the dwarf-growing New Zealand I'erns. Fine strong 
established plants, 10s. 6(7., 15s., 1 and li guinea. For iUustration, vt(7c page 144. 
