that is, a leaf-likc structure, made up of a branching 
stem with numerous small leaves. 
The twenty-eight varieties just described do not by 
any means exhaust the different kinds grown in this 
country by florists, and useful as house plants, but they 
will serve to give a general idea of what is available. 
Eighteen of the twenty-eight were obtained from one 
grower who specializes in ferns (Dreer of Philadelphia) 
as representing his stock. The others were added from 
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden collection to give a greater 
variety. The pictures show plants practically all in 
uniform sized pots, and are intended to afford a com- 
parison of the various kinds at about the same stage of 
growth. In some cases the small plants give a very 
inadequate representation of the character of the forms 
concerned. However, with pictures and description 
combined, readers should be able to make a preliminary 
determination of their preferences. Since the plants are 
generally offered by retail florists in even smaller sizes, 
the illustrations should better serve the purpose of 
identification than would pictures of fully developed 
plants. 
R. C. Benedict. 
An exhibition of all the ferns illustrated in this paper and also of a con- 
siderable number of other kinds of house ferns is on view in House No. 
10 of the conservatories of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. These conser- 
vatories are open to the public April 1 to November 1, 10 a. m.-4:30 
p. m. (Sundays, 2-4:30); and November 1 to April 1, 10 a. ill. -4 p. m. 
(Sundays 2^1). — Ed. 
To Reach the Garden take Broadway (B.R.T.) Subway to Prospect 
Park Station: Interborough Subway to Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum 
Station; Flatbush Avenue trolley to Empire Boulevard; Franklin Avenue, 
I.orimer Street, and Tompkins Avenue trolleys to Washington Avenue; 
St. John's Place trolley to Sterling Place and Washington Avenue; Union 
Street and Vanderbilt Avenue trolleys to Prospect Park Plaza and Union 
S treet. 
The Leaflets are published weekly or biweekly from April to June, and 
October to November, inclusive, by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. 
Telephone: 6173 Prospect. Mail address: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
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