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MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK. 
he 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 frequently attain a length of 4 feet. 
These fronds arch and droop over very grace¬ 
fully, on account of which it is frequently called 
the fountain fern. This drooping habit makes it 
an excellent plant to grow as a single specimen 
on a table or pedestal. 15c., 2 for 25 c. 
Potysttchtum Troltferum. J* ha^bee^greatly®™ 
(Lace Pern.) demand since atten¬ 
tion was called to its undoubted merits. It is fully as useful 
for indoor growing as the Boston Fern, and the fronds when 
cut last nearly a month. 
Each 15c,, 2 for 25c, 
A Smaller Sized Fern Ball, 5 to 
6 inches in diameter, 50c. each. 
»* In all first- 
class green- 
A astrattan Tree Ferns. 
rt, V^AC400 glCCU- 
houses and at floral exhibitions, these 
Ferns are in evidence. Their elegant airy fronds 
of fresh pale green color are like delicate lace 
work, and yet when young they make a most 
excellent house plan! Fine young plant* for 
“““”4 culture, 2Sc., S for 80c, 
Japanese Fern Balts . ™ Thes f ba J ls , ar ,® formed of » 
/>•/ .. , ,, , mass of roots of the hardy Japan- 
aee the nfnktmi9 alled Davallia, tied around peat and moss. With 
age the roots run in every direction over the moss, their young growth 
producing the bright green fronds. They are very hardy and will 
f ° r “ any weeks, but to have them at their best should 
be kept moist at all times. To start the balls in growth auicklv it is 
,W e *°wl half flned g whh wa q terir? ft ’- ’ 
plM. Large, firs* sise globes, 7Sc. each, 3 for 92 ., hj express, 
