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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[January, 
raisers like Mr. George, Dr. Denny, Mr. J. E. Pearson, Mr. W. Paul, and others, 
keep up an unfailing supply.—Quo. 
DAYALLIA MOOREANA. 
EAUTIFUL as are many of the Davcillias , which help to furnish our in-door 
ferneries, there can he no question that our present subject is one of the 
finest of the family, combining in no ordinary degree the characteristics 
of gracefulness and nobility of aspect. It was introduced from Borneo, 
by the Messrs. Veitch and Sons, several years ago, but has only recently been 
made public. The plant has a short, stoutish, decumbent rhizome, from which 
are produced the large pale-green fronds, which have a peculiar bullate surface, 
occasioned by the protuberance on the upper side of the somewhat sunken sori. 
The fronds are from 2 ft. to 3 ft. long, and from 1A ft. to 2 ft. wide, almost 
