Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: 161 [ Platycerium Alcicorne Major Asplenium Nidus Avis Dreer's Fine Ferns Adiantum Cuneatum. This is the well-known fine-leaved Maiden Hair variety so exten- sively used in connection with cut flowers. 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each. Farleyense Gloriosa (The Glory Fern). An easy-growing form of that most beautiful of all Maiden Hairs, Adiantum Farleyense. Good plants, in 3-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 4- inch pots, $ each. Wrighti. A comparatively new variety of the Maiden Hair type with large fronds w
Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: 161 [ Platycerium Alcicorne Major Asplenium Nidus Avis Dreer's Fine Ferns Adiantum Cuneatum. This is the well-known fine-leaved Maiden Hair variety so exten- sively used in connection with cut flowers. 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each. Farleyense Gloriosa (The Glory Fern). An easy-growing form of that most beautiful of all Maiden Hairs, Adiantum Farleyense. Good plants, in 3-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 4- inch pots, $ each. Wrighti. A comparatively new variety of the Maiden Hair type with large fronds which are of a particularly rich pleasing green color. A good hardy variety suitable for the house. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. Asplenium Nidus Avis (Bird's NeslFcrn). We have a splendid lot of this interesting Fern which is well suited for house culture. 2£-inch pots, 50 cts.; 5-inch pots, $ each. Cibotium Schiedei (Mexican Tree Fern). One of the most I desirable and valuable Ferns for room decoration. 4-inch pots, $ each; 6-inch pots, $ each. Cyrtomium Rochfordianum Compactum (Crested Holly Fern). Next to the Boston Ferns, the Holly Fern is the most i 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. Nephrolepis Bostoniensis (Boston Fern). The original type with long graceful fronds. 4-inch pots, 75 cts.; 6-inch pots, ! $ each. Specimen plants in 8-inch pots, $ each. Polypodium Mandaianum Seedlings. Fronds wavy and undulated and of an attractive glaucous-blue color; very- hardy house plants. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. Platycerium Alcicorne Major (Stag-Horn Fern). One of the prettiest and easiest grown varieties of the interesting Stag- Horn Ferns, a splendid plant for the conservatory. (See illus- I tration above.) S
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