WHERE HARDY FERNS CAN BE GROWN l"J 



be cut several inches from the crown with a 

 knife or a sharp spade; this severs the stolons 

 but does not materially disturb the plant if it 

 is then carefully lifted. On the other hand, 

 Goldie's fern (Dryopteris Goldieana), one of 

 the finest of New England ferns — often 

 growing to a height of four feet, with hand- 

 some fronds a foot broad — is easily uprooted 

 by the hand alone. The spinulose shield 

 ferns {Dryopteris spinulosa) give themselves 

 up in like manner. 



Ferns which spring from an underground 

 branching rootstock that sends up but one 

 frond in a place, such as the sensitive fern 

 (Onoclea sensibilis), the hay-scented fern 

 (Dennstcedtia punctilohula) and maidenhair 

 (Adiantum pedatum), are quite likely to be 

 disturbed unless a section of turf is carefully 

 cut and lifted. This form of root growth 

 never runs deep, hence a sharp, flat trowel 

 is in most cases equal to the occasion. 



Many of the dainty clifF dwellers have 

 tenacious and far-reaching roots, therefore 

 require great care to be of cultural service. 



