Dryopleris goldieana. GOI.DIK'S KKKN. 

 A .urand vigorous Fern with broad de- 

 ciduous leaves 2 to 4 feet long. Occurs 

 naturally from New Brunswick and 

 Minnesota to North Carolina and Ten- 

 nessee. Stipes chaffy at the base, bear- 

 ing numerous dark green pinnately 

 parted divisions. 



D. marginalia. EVERGREEN WOOD- 

 KKRN. A hamlsojrtexivergreen species 

 with a stout, densely chaffy rootstock. 

 Grows naturally from the Dominion of 

 Canada, southward to Georgia and 

 Arkansas. Leaves borne in a crown, 

 rich green, with numerous pinnate seg- 

 ments. Stipes chaffy, with many brown- 

 ish lustrous scales. 



D. noveboracensis. NEW YORK FERN. 

 A graceful and dainty Fern with slender 

 creeping rootstocks. Grows -naturally 

 from Newfoundland and Minnesota, 

 southward to North Carolina and Arkan- 

 sas. Leaves soft green, deciduous, 

 sweet-scented in drying, with deeply 

 pinnatilid segments. 



D. spinulosa. SHIELD FERN. A re- 

 markably beautiful evergreen Fern with 

 stout chaffy rootstocks. Distributed 

 from Labrador to Alaska, southward to North Carolina 

 and Missouri. Leaves i to 3 feet long, dark lustrous 

 green, with intricately divided and incised spinulose 

 segments. Very handsome. 



Lygodium palmatum. CLIMBING, OR HARTFORD FERN. 

 A distinct and graceful species with flexible and twining 

 stems 2 to 3 feet long. Rare and local, with a natural 

 distribution from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, 

 southward to Florida and Tennessee. Leaves Maple- 

 like, 4- to 7-Iobed, bright green, persistent, the fruiitng 

 pinnules several times forked and disposed 

 in a terminal panicle. 



Onoclea sensibilis. SENSITIVE FERN. 

 Leaves usually i to 3 feet high, 

 with bold lanceolate, either en- 

 tire or undulately toothed seg- 



Type of Hardy Ferns 



Osmunoa cinnamomea 



ments. Distributed from Newfoundland and the North- 

 west Territory to Kansas and Florida. Fronds very 

 sensitive to early frosts. 



0. struthiopteris. OSTRICH FERN. A very vigorous 

 stout Fern with a large rootstock, bearing an outer 

 circle of sterile leaves and several fertile ones within. 

 Extends across the continent from Nova Scotia and 

 New Jersey to British Columbia, also in Europe and 

 Asia. Leaves deciduous, 3 to 5 feet high, bright green, 

 with numerous pinnate segments. Fruiting leaves 

 simply pinnate, with necklace-like divisions. A splendid 

 bold species. 



Osmunda cinnamomea. CINNAMON FERN. A stately 

 large Fern with very large creeping rootstocks. Grows 

 naturally from Nova Scotia and Minnesota, southward 

 to Florida and Texas. Leaves deciduous, produced in 

 a circular cluster, subtending one or more fruiting ones, 

 3 to 5 feet tall, bright green, with numerous pinnatifid 

 divisions. Fertile fronds eventually cinnamon brown, 

 soon withering. Very ornamental and impressive. 



0. claytoniana. CLAYTON'S FERN. A large and robust 

 species with a stout rootstock, bearing a circle of bold 

 leaves 2 to 4 feet tall. Fronds deciduous, bright green, 

 with numerous deeply cleft divisions, frequently con- 

 tracted in the middle and bearing several pairs of fruit- 

 ing, early deciduous pinnae. Very bold and attractive. 



0. regalis. ROYAL FERN. A vigorous tall Fern with 

 stout rootstocks, bearing a cluster of large broad 

 leaves. Distributed from New Brunswick and the 

 Northwest Territory, southward to Florida and Miss- 

 issippi ; also in Europe and Asia. Fronds 2 to 5 feet tall 

 and a foot or more wide, with numerous oblong pin- 

 nules ; the fruiting portions panicled at the summit. 



Polypodium vulgare. COMMON POLYPODY. A charm- 

 ing little Fern with slender creeping rootstocks, widely 

 distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Leaves ever- 

 green, deep green, simply pinnate, with very large 

 fruiting dots on the lower surface. Splendid for plant- 

 ing in crevices of rocks. 



Polystichum acrostichoides. CHRISTMAS FERN. A 

 beautiful evergreen Fern with stout rootstocks and 

 densely chaffy stipes. Distributed from Nova Scotia 

 and Wisconsin, southward to Florida and Mississippi. 

 Leaves deep green with numerous lanceolate pinnae, i 

 to 2 feet long, the fertile portions contracted near the 

 summit. 



Pferis aquilina. BRACKEN. A large rampant species 

 growing either in full sun or partial shade. Widely dis- 

 tributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Leaves decidu- 

 ous, 2 to 4 feet long, and i to 3 feet wide, bright green, 

 borne on stout straw-colored or brownish stipes. 

 Splendid for naturalizing among shrubs or in wood- 

 lands. 



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