A. Washburn & Sons, 
Bulbs, Plants and 
Flowers. 
Ferns 
Boston Ferns.— We have an unusually fine lot of the Boston fern, (Nephrolepis 
Bostoniensis) this season. This variety has undoubtedly had a greater sale and given 
better satisfaction than any fern sent out in recent years. The long wide fronds of 
drooping habit make it a beautiful plant, and this, coupled with the fact that it is 
very hardy, make it one of the best of house plants. Three-inch pots, 15 cents each; 
4-inch, 25 to 35 cents; 5-inch, 50 to 75 cents; 6-inch, 75 cents to $1.00; 7-inch, $1.00 
to $1.50; 8-inch, $1.50 to $2.00. We have a few Boston ferns in 14-inch wire hang- 
ing baskets, fine specimen plants at $3.00 each. 
Fern* for Ferneries.— Low dishes filled with small growing ferns make an excellent 
table ornament and are used in large numbers. We have several hundred of these 
little ferns in 2^-inch pots in the following variety: Aspidium Tensimense, Pteris 
Argyrea, Pteris Cretica Magnifica, Pteris Wimsetti, Pteris Cretica Albo-lineata, Pteris 
Ouvrardi, Cyrtomium Falcatum, Onchium Japonicum. Fifteen cents each, 2 for 25 
cents, $1.50 per dozen. It wanted by mail add 3 cents each for postage. 
Small plants of Asparagus plumosus nanus go nicely with these ferns in filling 
dishes. A cocos palm for a center plant and five small ferns will fill a six or seven- 
inch fern dish well. These six plants packed to go safely by express, $1.00. 
Japanese Fern Balls.— This is one of the best novelties of recent introduction. The 
balls are made by wrapping the rhizomes of Davallia Balluta around a ball of moss. 
An occasional dipping in water is all that is needed to keep the ferns in a growing 
condition. 
Large size 75 cents each. 
Palms 
Our plants are well grown 
and must not be 
compared with plants sent 
out in cheap collections. 
There is an almost endless variety of the palm family, and it contains some kinds 
that are invaluable for house plants. We list some of the more desirable varieties 
which we can recommend as house plants. ( Measurements of palms are from top of 
pot to top of tallest leaf in its natural position. ) 
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