. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. Tl*e 66 Boston Feri}." LNephrotepia Exaltata car. Bostoniensis.) This glorious Fe?7? received its name on account of the im- mense quantities of it grown by the florists of Boston and vicin- ity. No other .Fern ever attained such wide-suread popularitv and the demand for it seems unending. It is in reality simplv a weeping and very much improved form of the Xephrolepi*Eraltate, or Sword Fern, which we offer on page 39. Like the Suord Fern, the ''Bos
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. Tl*e 66 Boston Feri}." LNephrotepia Exaltata car. Bostoniensis.) This glorious Fe?7? received its name on account of the im- mense quantities of it grown by the florists of Boston and vicin- ity. No other .Fern ever attained such wide-suread popularitv and the demand for it seems unending. It is in reality simplv a weeping and very much improved form of the Xephrolepi*Eraltate, or Sword Fern, which we offer on page 39. Like the Suord Fern, the ''Boston Fern " i< as easy to grow as a Geranium, nourishing alike in full sun or deep shade. Our cut of it is absolutely true to- life, having been made from a photograph of a plant belonging to a lady acquaintance in New York state. The photograph was- taken about a year ago when the plant was le*< than tiro years Old. It is now much larger and constantly growing. We saw the plant the past fall and measured and counted its fronds. Th^re were between 90 and i<» of them, and the longest ones measured BAVALLIA 5 feet and 5 inches in length and i to 5 inches broad, arching over in the most graceful manner on all sides and their tips just es^ caping the floor. Only 2 years ago this (1898) Christmas it was presented to her, a tiny plant in a silver Fe?"?(-dish for the table. It has been grown ever since in a furnace-heated sitting room, and has received no other attention than an occasional repots ting and regular watering. Price of nice mailing plants, 15c. each* DaVallia Stricta. This is a newly-introduced Fern of great beauty from the Malayan Archipelago, yet it has been in cultivation long enough to fully test its perfect adaptability to window culture, As the accompanying cut shows, it is entirely distinct in appear- ance from the Boston Fern, and it is equally easy to grow in the living room. In fact it is, perhaps, the easiest of all Ferns to manage.
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