PURDY'S CALIFORNIA BULBS AND PLANTS 27 
Aspidium aculeatum, var. lobatum. Our handsome house Fern 
ADIANTUM marginatum. Our native Maidenhair Fern. \'cry much like the green- 
house Ferns. It dies down in midsummer. 15 cts. each, Si. 25 per doz. 
A. pedatum, the Five-finger Fern. A most beautiful Fern, and very satisfactory 
as a pot-plant if the caution abo^•e is noted. 10 cts., 15 cts., and 25 cts. each; $1, $1.25, 
and $2 per doz.; very heavy plants, 50 cts. each. 
ASPLENIUM Filix-foemina is the Lady Fern, and I consider the two forms that I 
offer of this among the very best of our native Ferns. It is a large Fern and the fronds 
may arise to 4 feet in height. It likes moisture and shade, and the fronds are of the 
most pleasing green and very fragrant. They die to the ground in the winter, but make 
an astonishingly rapid growth in the early spring. I especially recommend planting 
this with other Ferns liberally in new beds, for they grow almost as well the first year 
as afterwards, and keep the bed attractive while slower Ferns are establishing them- 
selves. Very large plants, $1 each. Good plants 50 cts. each, and \ er\ satisfactory 
small plants at 25 cts. each. Special rates on quantities. 
A. Filix-fcemina, var. cyclorum is a s\ non\-m for the Asplenium spinulosum of my 
last catalogue. It is an evergreen. A most useful Fern. Price as aboxe. 
ASPIDIUM munitum, var. imbricans. The dark green Sword Fern of the coast 
region. The illustration shows its fine habit well. A most satisfactory Fern, either out- 
side or in boxes. May be planted in rustic vases with splendid effect. 25 cts. and 50 cts. 
each, $10 per 100; very large plants at $1 each. 
A. munitum is the Oregon form of the Sword Fern; similar and very pretty. Small 
plants, 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 
A. aculeatum, var. lobatum. In my opinion our handsomest large Fern. The large 
fronds are finely cut and graceful. See' illustration. 25 cts., 50 cts., and Si each. 
A. rigidum. One of the Sword Ferns with light-colored fr(jnds. The large Fern so 
much used by llorists in floral pieces in California. Very satisfactory and will do well 
in dry places. 15 cts., 25 cts., and 50 cts. each, $10 per 100. 
CHEILANTHES californica. A Fern growing in exposed places near rocks. It is 
very dainty, and when once established it will stand the driest summers. Not over 6 
inches high. 15 cts. each. Si. 25 per doz. 
C. gracillima. In habit like the above, but the fronds are cut into little l)cad-hke 
sections. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
