Dreer's mid-summer catalogue (1902) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue . dreersmidsummerc1902henr Year: 1902 DREER'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE. 11 FINE FERNS. The following list embraces but a few select and rare varieties. For complete list see pages 138 and 139 of our Garden Calendar for 1902. Adiantum Bensoniana. A most beautiful Maiden- hair, with large fronds and deep green pinnre, which, while closely overlapping, is not so dense as to make the fronds appear crowded. It makes a handsome specimen plant, and is a distinct addition to our long list of Adianturas. $ each. Adiantum Chariottse. One
Dreer's mid-summer catalogue (1902) Dreer's mid-summer catalogue . dreersmidsummerc1902henr Year: 1902 DREER'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE. 11 FINE FERNS. The following list embraces but a few select and rare varieties. For complete list see pages 138 and 139 of our Garden Calendar for 1902. Adiantum Bensoniana. A most beautiful Maiden- hair, with large fronds and deep green pinnre, which, while closely overlapping, is not so dense as to make the fronds appear crowded. It makes a handsome specimen plant, and is a distinct addition to our long list of Adianturas. $ each. Adiantum Chariottse. One of the prettiest of the very fine leaved Maidenhairs, and entirely distinct from all other varieties. 15 cts. each. Adiantum Cuneatum Qrandiceps. A beautiful form of the common Maidenhair, in which the ends of the fronds develop into bunching tasseled heads. 25 cts. each. Adiantum Farlyense. This is the large-leaved Maiden- hair, which is considered the choicest of the entire family. 25 cts., 50 cts., and ^ each, according to size. Asplenium Belangeri. One of the prettiest of the fine- leaved sorts, with finely cut deep green feather-like fronds. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. Asplenium Nidus Avis. (Bird's Nest Fern). This beautiful fern is always scarce, and it is only occasionally that we are in a position to offer it. It is a most useful species for the conservatory, and makes a fine exhibition plant. 50 cts. each. Cibotium Schiedei. The most desirable of all the tree ferns and the only variety which can be grown success- <f9J?frffl fully in the living room; it withstands the dry atmosphere and dust with as much im- punity as the hardiest palm. It is of spreading habit, with long, arching, light green fronds of graceful appear- ance. $, ^ and $ each. Davallia Fijiensis Plumosa. One of the finest species in cultivation, and a grand fern in every way, whether grown as a house plant, the conservatory, or for exhibition purposes. The fronds, which are very finely d
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