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CHOICE HARDY FERNS. 
PTERIS SEBRTJIiATA CEISTATA, U. Gd. 
and 2^. 6d. 
PTEBIS SEBRTJLATA POLYDACTYLA, 
Is. 6d. and 2s. Gd, 
TODEA AFRICANA. 
A large free-growing species, of easy cultare. 3«. Gd. and 5*. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) HYMENOPHYLLOIDES. 
This pretty New Zealand Filmy Fern, commonly called Todea pellucida, can be supplied in nice 
plants at 2s. Gd. ; fine specimens, li, 2, and 4 guineas. 
TODEA (LEPTOPTERIS) SUPERBA. 
Any attempt at description must fall far short of conveying any notion of the exquisite beauty of 
this lovely Fern, which is unquesticnably one of the most handsome yet known ; it should be seen 
to be iustlv appreciated. 
The fronds, which are 15 to 18 inches in length, are of a pleasing transparent green texture, of a 
lanceolate outline, spreading, beautifully arching, and feathered down to the very base ; the pinnae 
are crowded and cut into narrow segments, which, instead of lying flat, as in Todea pdluada, are 
turned upwards, giving the frond a frilled surface, and producing an effect distinct from that of any 
Fern in cultivation. r, , n ™ n r i 
This is probably the most beautiful of all the dwarf-growing Now Zealand Ferns. 7«. ; fi“0 
Specimens, 1^, 2, and 3 guineas. 
TRICHOMANES RADICANS. 
(THE IRISH OR KILLARNEY FERN.) 
This is a British species, but it must, as far as culture is conoerned.be included among the green- 
house kinds, as it is almost impossible to succeed with it if treated as au ordinary hardy Fern. 
Is. Gd. ; handsome specimens, 1^, 2, and 4 guineas. 
WOODWARDIA ORIENTALIS. 
This was collected in China by Mr. Fortune, and is a free-growing desirable Fern, giving hand, 
some fronds 2 to to 3 feet long, becoming studded with proliferous buds. 2«. C</. and 3s. Gd. 
CHOICE HARDY FERNS. 
Selections of good kinds can be supplied from Mr. W. B.’s general collection at 12s., 
18s., 30s., and 45s. per dozen ; when taken by the 100, say in 25 sorts, £ 5 , the 
selection would include many new and expensive kinds. 
ASPLENIUIff TEICHOMANES IMBRI- I ASPLENITJM TRICHOMANES MOTTLEI, 
CATUM, new, 3s. Gd. 1 3*- 
ATHYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA APPLEBYANUM. 
A veiy elegant form of Lady Porn, obtained from Frhclliie, W'hich it resembles in having long, 
narrow, arching fronds, with small rounded pinnm. Its peculiar characteristic is, that the fronds 
become ramose at the apex, branching out into a flat spreading head of several divisions, sometimes 
as many as fifteen on one frond. 2s, Gd. 
ATHYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA CONTORTUM. 
In this remarkable variety is combined to some extent the characters of rictori(^, sagittatum, 
and Applehyanum, the pinnm on each frond being diversified in the most curious manner. 3s. Gd. 
