SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 
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Hardy Ferns 
The following collections are made up to help in 
selecting for special needs, and should be sent 
by express or freight 
If to be planted in beds, the height as given after 
each Ivind would indicate whore it should go; if in beds 
where they are to be seen from all sides, the tall kinds 
in the center; but if in an angle of the house or wall, 
plant the taller kinds the farthest baek,8 inches or a 
foot from the wall, and the smaller kinds in front. 
No. 1, $5.00. For Open Sun Culture 
This collection is desirable for the open border, and 
all the Ferns, being rather tall, can be grown as single 
specimens or for massing, with or without flowers. 
6 Onoclea Struthiopteris, 2 to 4 ft. 
6 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 
24 Dicksonia punctilobula, 1 to 2 ft. 6 Asplenium Felix-foemina, 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 2, $5.00. For Dry, Shady Places 
These Ferns will grow in a dry, shady place. Plant them where flowers, as a rule, do 
not thrive. 
12 Aspidium acrostichoides, 1 ft. 12 Dicksonia punctilobula, 1 to 2 ft. 
12 Aspidium marginale, 1 to 2 ft. 6 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 3, $5.00. For Moist, Shady Places 
This collection is fine and easily handled in moist, shady places; also for large rockery. 
6 Adiantum pedatum, 1 ft. 6 Asplenium thelypteroides, 2 to 3 ft. 
6 Aspidium cristatum, 1 ft. 6 Asplenium Felix-foemina, 2 to 3 ft. 
6 Aspidium acrostichoides, 1 ft. 6 Phegopteris hexagonoptera, 1 ft. 
6 Aspidium spinulosum, 1 to IJ ft. 6 Woodwardia Virginica, 2 ft. 
6 Aspidium marginale, 1 to 2 ft. 
No. 4, $5.00. For Wet, Open Ground 
These Ferns are very useful for border of a lake or low, wet ground. 
12 Aspidium Thelypteris, 1 ft. 12 Osmunda regalis, 2 to 3 ft. 
12 Onoclea sensibilis, 1 ft. 12 Woodwardia Virginica, 2 ft. 
No. 5, $5.00. Low Evergreen Ferns for Rockery in Shade 
This is a beautiful collection of low-growing Ferns and easily managed. 
12 Asplenium ebeneum, fl to 1.5 in. 12 Polypodium vulgare, 4 to 10 in. 
12 Asplenium Trichomanes, 3 to 6 in. 6 Woodsia obtusa, (j to 12 in. 
12 Camptosorus rhizophyllus, 4 to 9 in. 
No. 6, $5.00. Low Evergreen Ferns for Dry, Rocky Ledge 
12 Asplenium Trichomanes, 3 (o 6 in. 12 Polypodium vulgare, 4 to 10 in. 
12 Woodsia obtusa, C to 12 in. 12 Woodsia Ilvensis, 6 in. 
