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Nephrolepis biserrata, Drymaria sp. and Asplenium africanum.
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Plant species that are very scarce in the area grow there; this is true of the ferns: Acrostichium aurem, very common in the delta areas of the Orinoco and in the mangrove areas, Marsilea ancylopoda, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Pitygramma trifoliata, as well as the water lily Eichornia crassipes.
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There was one fern in profusion, with from 90 to 130 pair of pinnae on each frond; and the fronds, though often exceeding five feet in length, were only two inches broad (Nephrolepis pectinata).
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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• Kimberly Queen fern or Nephrolepis obliterataAlmost a dead ringer for the Boston fern, but it has none of its shedding and browning drawbacks.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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• Kimberly Queen fern or Nephrolepis obliterataAlmost a dead ringer for the Boston fern, but it has none of its shedding and browning drawbacks.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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• Kimberly Queen fern or Nephrolepis obliterataAlmost a dead ringer for the Boston fern, but it has none of its shedding and browning drawbacks.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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(_Nephrolepis_), the maidenhairs (_Adiantum_) or the spider ferns
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Crested Scott Fern (_Nephrolepis exaltata_, var. _Schoizeli_) 97
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The old widely popular sword fern was _Nephrolepis exaltata_, but the original form has been almost entirely replaced by new varieties developed from it, the most widely known of which is the Boston fern
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Since the plants are likely to be injured in porch-boxes, and since these boxes should have some architectural effect, it is well to use abundantly of rather heavy greenery, such as swordfern (the common form of _Nephrolepis exaltata_) or the Boston fern, _Asparagus Sprengeri, _ wandering jew, the large drooping vinca (perhaps the variegated form), aspidistra.
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