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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
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Bostoi> Fepi>s. 
The finest decorative plants in cultivation, and infaddition 
to the well known standard variety, we are able to offer 
several new and most unique varieties. All as robust vigor¬ 
ous and as easily grown as the original Boston Fern. 
Boston Fern (Original) —Of all decorative plants for house 
culture this is perhaps the most imposing and satisfac¬ 
tory. It is so hardy that it will stand and thrive in most 
any situation m a room, even if out of the sun’s rays. 
-No hern is so good m this respect. Plants form an 
immense number of graceful drooping fronds, varying in 
!® n ft h fr om two to five feet, and always of a fresh, healthy, 
" reen col -Sf- Th ese fronds keep in perfect 
•condition foi years. We cannot too highly recommend 
it. Fine plants, 20 c. each; 3 for 50c. 
Na n™, n H BoS *! 0n Fern-Fronds of this sort are much 
handsome 25c. each ^’ longer anCl Very graceful and 
Br °+r,o ^ r< i" d Bo ® to , n Fronds twice the width of 
the ordinary Boston Fern, not quite so long there- 
&Et n ffo!. a Jch y dlSUn0t Exceedingly 
TU! ?l?ffVr S ^ R °i 0t f d Bo ® ton Pern-In foliage this does not 
■ hfffh! from f the original variety, but numerous 
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Stag Horn Boston Fern— Elegant broad fronds, the 
edges being flattened and divided into many wide 
piongs resembling a stags horn. The most unique and 
beautiful of all Boston Ferns. 50c. each. 
Pigmy Boston Fern— This is the real gem of the lot. A 
plant makes a dense mass of hundreds of beautiful fronds 
no wider than one’s finger, which grow to a considerable 
length and curve most gracefully. For small pots and 
baskets it is the finest thing yet introduced. Grows readi¬ 
ly in any window or on a veranda in the open air and is 
an object of exquisite beauty the whole year, summer and 
winter. By far the most valuable of all the Boston Ferns 
and will, when known, be the most popular. Fine plants 
30c. each; 4 for $1.00; 10 for $2.00. 
special offe R —For $1.25 we will send one fine plant each 
of these 5 Boston Ferns. 
