Dreer's garden book 1927 (1927) Dreer's garden book 1927 dreersgardenbook1927henr Year: 1927 Crested Holly Fern (Cyrtomium) DREER'S FINE FERNS We ofEer below but a few of the more important Decorative Ferns. Adiantum Farleyense Gloriosa {The Glory Fern). An easy- growing form of tliat most beautiful of all Maiden Hairs Adian- tum Farleyense. Splendid for the warm conservatory, but not suited for house cilture. Good plants in 4-inch pots, $ each. Adiantum Cuntatum. This is the well-known fine-leaved Maiden-Hair variety so extensively used in connection with cut flowers. 3-inch pots, 25 cts
Dreer's garden book 1927 (1927) Dreer's garden book 1927 dreersgardenbook1927henr Year: 1927 Crested Holly Fern (Cyrtomium) DREER'S FINE FERNS We ofEer below but a few of the more important Decorative Ferns. Adiantum Farleyense Gloriosa {The Glory Fern). An easy- growing form of tliat most beautiful of all Maiden Hairs Adian- tum Farleyense. Splendid for the warm conservatory, but not suited for house cilture. Good plants in 4-inch pots, $ each. Adiantum Cuntatum. This is the well-known fine-leaved Maiden-Hair variety so extensively used in connection with cut flowers. 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each. Adiantum Wrighti. A comparatively new variety of the Maiden Hair type with large fronds which are of a particularly rich pleasing green color. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. Asplenium Nidus Avis {Bird's Nest Fern). We have a splen- did lot of this interesting fern which is well suited for house cul- ture. 5-inch pots, $ each. Cibotium Schiedei {Mexican Tree Fern). One of the most desirable and valuable Ferns for room decoration. 4-inch pots, each; 6-inch pots, $ each. Cyrtomium Rochfordianum Compactum {Crested Holly Ferri). Next to the Boston Ferns, the HoUy Fern is the most satisfactory for apartment use. Foliage of rich glossy dark green, the pinnae or leaflets, besides being wavy or undulated on the edges, are also deeply cut or toothed giving the plant a graceful and light appearance. 2j-inch pots, 15 cts. each; 3-inch pots, 25 cts.; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each. Davallia Lucida. A pretty dwarf growing Fern 12 to 15 inches high when fully developed with graceful dark green glossy foliage which stands the dry atmosphere of the living room without injury. 5-inch pots, $ each. Nephrolepis Bostoniensis {Boston Fern). The original type with long graceful fronds. 4-inch pots, 50 cts.; 6-inch pots, $ each. Specimen plants in 10-inch tubs, $ each. Polypodium Mandaianum Seedlings. Fronds wavy and undulated and of an attractive glaucous-blue color; very har
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