CHAPTER VI 



Native Ferns for Shady Places 



By W. H. Taplin 



IDE yards that revel in sunshine are few and far between on 

 many city streets, and as a natural consequence flowering 

 plants in shady corners often turn out to be miserable failures. 

 Nevertheless, there are possibilities m the gardening art 

 even in the shadiest of side or back yards, and one of the 

 most interesting and beautiful of these possibilities is found in the form 

 of a fern garden, in which are planted some of our native ferns. Many 

 of these ferns are procurable by means of an excursion to the suburban 

 woods or else through the medium of a dealer. The best time for trans- 

 planting them is in the spring or early summer, though some of the stronger- 



A glimpse of the wild gardening in a wooded ravine. Ostrich fern, trillium, Virginia cowslip, and lady's-slipper 



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