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CHOICE HAEDY TEENS. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) SUPERBA. 
Any attempt at desoription must fall far short of conveying an adequate notion of the exquisite 
hcauty of this lovely Fern, which is unquestionably one of the most handsome yet known. It shoidd 
he seen to he justly appreciated. The fronds which are fifteen to eighteen inches in length, are of « 
bright green, of transparent texture and of a lanceolate outline, spreading, heaxitifully arching and 
feathered down to the very base ; the pinme are crowded and out into narrow segments, which, instead 
of lying flat, as in 2'ndea hj/mniophiiHuuIrs, are turned upwards, giving the fronds a frilled surface, and 
producing an effect distinct from that of any Fern in cultivation. This is probably the most beautiful 
of all the dwarf-gi'owing New Zealand Fems. 3«. 6rf. and os. Fine strong plants, 10s. 6<f., \ns. 
and 1 guinea. 
TRICHOMANES RADICALS. 
(THE KILLARNEY OR IRISH 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 ordinaiy hardy Fern. 
7s. Gd. and 10s. Gif. 
WOODWARDIA ORIENTALIS, 2s. Gd. and 3.«. Gd. 
NEW HARDV ferns. 
LASTREA PROLIFICA. 
A most interesting hardy evergreen Fern, introduced from Japan, and described in the Gardeners' 
Chronicle, where a letter of Mr. Lafosse was quoted in which the plant is highly eulogised for its 
beauty. It has triangular, bipinnate, coriaceous, shining green fronds, with the pinnules narrow, 
often pointed, u.sually with a lobe or two at the base, but in different plants and parts of tlio 
same plant extremely variable in their actual form and character. The sori are large and cover 
the narrow segments, and these sori arc them.selves covered by large persistent indusia, which are 
red in the centre and lead-coloured at the margin. 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd. & os. 
POLYSTICHTJM POLYBLEPHARUM. 
A fine hardy evergreen Fern from .Tapan. The fronds are of moderate size, ovate-lanceolate, 
bipinnate, with the lower pinnae deflexed, the pinnules marginate, trapezio-ovate or oblong, with a 
few coarse deep teeth. The lower anterior pinnules are considerably larger than the rest, narrow 
oblong, and deeply inciso-lobate. The sori are numerous, and covered with thick rufescont indusia. 
2s. Gd., 3s. Gd. & 5s. 
CHOICE HARDY FERNS. 
Selections of good kinds can ke supplied at 18s., 30s. and 42s. per dozen. 
