50 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
head of Ombabika Bay, Lake Nipigon; south shore of 
North Ombabika Peninsula; Orient Bay, south end of 
Lake Nipigon; Thuja-Alnus thicket, shore of lake at 
Jellicoe. 
PirrsBuRGH, Pa. 
(To be continued) 
A Vermont Fern Garden 
HAROLD GODDARD RUGG 
When I first became interested in ferns, my interest 
was largely in the herbarium specimens, but soon I 
began to desire to see the growing plant and to be able 
to study its growth. In the years of my collecting 
I have seen growing in their natural habitat practically 
all of the ferns credited to Vermont, and at some time 
or other I have had plants of them growing in my fernery 
at Proctorsville, Vermont. In some cases, however, 
the rarer ferns have survived but a year or two. 
An ideal location for a fernery is a northern exposure 
possibly the north side of a house. My fernery 1 
such a location has plenty of shade, the ground retains 
its moisture longer than in other locations and the soil 
is free from tree roots. The soil is ordinary loam, 
but to this I add leaf mould. i 
I have succeeded with all the ordinary ferns, including 
some which like Woodwardia virginica L. (Sm.) need 
rather moist conditions. My Woodwardia however has 
never produced fertile fronds. Woodwardia areolata 
(L.) Moore, not a native of Vermont, plants of which 
may be purchased from two of our dealers, does well 
and has fruited nearly every year. : 
One of the ferns I was most anxious to have growins 
in my fernery was Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw. 
I sent for plants of this several times to two nursery” 
