advantage of ferns is their supplying an 

 abundance of feathery green material for our 

 bouquets, vases and jars for indoors and out. 



Do grow, the rather unknown dwarf va- 

 riety of everblooming Bleeding Heart For- 

 mosa, whose flower sprays are not reddish 

 but a soft, fine pink. It is a broad, lacey, lovely 

 plant and combined with ferns and blue Car- 

 pathian Harebells, we have a permanent, ex- 

 quisitely chosen hardy border. 



The truly hardy ferns of dwarf form for 

 growing in our borders are my favorite 

 Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum), hardy as 

 the proverbial oak and succeeding in full sun, 

 if the roots are shaded, which of course they 

 would be in the border, shaded with the plants 

 in front of Maidenhair. Next in grace in my 

 opinion is the Wood Fern (Spinulosum), a 

 precious sort for cutting, to soften and give 

 grace to stiff -stalked flowers; the Slender 

 Shield fern (Noveboraceuse), the Crested 

 fern (Cristatum), the Chain fern (Wood- 



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