58 FERA'S IN THEIR HOMES AND OURS. 



plants obtainable in moist woodlands is the Equi- 

 setiim sylvaticum ; but, although this has been long 

 cultivated in Europe, it is seldom met with here in 

 a collection of native plants. Sanginnaria Cana- 

 dense (bloodroot), Hepatica, nearly all the violets, 

 Sedum acre, Ariscema tripJiylhmi (wild turnip), 

 Podophylhtm peltatum (mandrake), several of the 

 Trillinms, the Pogonatiims and Smilacinas, the 

 Anemones, Clintonia borealis, and many other 

 charming native plants, grow well among the 

 ferns, some of them blooming before the fern- 

 fronds are large enough to overshadow them. We 

 may even have the pleasure of blossoming the 

 exquisite little Claytonia (spring beauty) in the 

 out-door fernery. On the upper rocks the saxi- 

 frage will flourish ; and, among the foreign plants 

 which may be introduced among the ferns, Lysi- 

 machia nummularia (money-wort) and Vinca (peri- 

 winkle) are valuable. In bringing the plants from 

 the woods to the garden, it will be well to remove 

 plenty of earth with them : and this will be the 

 source of many pleasant little surprises ; for during 

 the second season many small plants, which were 

 unnoticed or mere seedlings at the time of trans- 

 planting, will make their appearance in this soil. 

 In this way the writer has found introduced into 

 his fernery Potentilla, blackberry-vines, Anemone 

 nemorosa, Smilacina bifolia, and other excellent 

 additions to the collection. Of course, by the 



