KLLI8 BBOTBEBS' CATALOUUS. 
green color and good texture. This variety will be found most useful and valuable, 
not only for collections and decorations, but especially for the filling of jardinieres 
and fern dishes on account of its dwarf and bushy habit. It will also serve well for 
cutting purposes, especially for the boutonnieres and small bouquets. Price 40 As. 
Nephrolepis Cordata 
Compacta (new Sword 
Fern). In our estima- 
tion this variety is the 
finest of all the Sword 
Ferns ; it is of free, 
strong-growing compact 
habit, attaining when 
fully grown a height of 
about two feet. The 
fronds, which are of a 
very rich dark green 
color, of upright growth, 
with just sufficient arch 
in them to make them 
graceful. As a Fern for 
house culture or for win- 
dow gardening we do not 
know of any other variety 
that would give the same 
satisfaction and which 
we could recommend so 
highly. A beauty, it 
cannot be too highly praised. (See cut.) Price 20 As., 50 As. and 75 As. 
Boston Sword Fern (Nephrolepis Exaltata 
Bostoniensis). A variation originating in the 
vicinity of Boston, where it has been in popular 
favor for a number of years under the name of 
Boston Fern. In the vicinity of Boston no other 
plant is used so extensively as this graceful 
Nephrolepis, which differs from the ordinary 
Fern in having much longer fronds, which fre- 
quently attain a length of four feet. These fronds 
arch and droop over very gracefully, on account 
of which it is frequently called the Fountain Fern . 
This drooping habit makes it an excellent fern 
to grow as a single specimen on a table or pedes- 
tal. We pride ourselves in being the first to 
offer this grand Fern to retail catalogue trade of 
this country. (See cut.) 
Price2oAs.,5oAs.; fine specimens, 75 As. 
Pteris Victoria. A most remarkable and beautifully variegated Pteris, and 
undoubtedly one of the most striking and desirable f'erns of recent introduction. 
The foliage is neatly divided, the sterile fronds being much wider than the fertile 
ones, thus giving the plant a most chaste and lovely appearance. The fronds are of 
rich green color, with beautiful silvery white variegation. Price 20 As. 
