Faneuil Hall Square, Boston 
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HABDY FEBNS 
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 kind would indicate where 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 back, 8 inches or a foot from the wall, and the smaller kinds in front. 
No. 1, $6.00. 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. 24 Dicksonia punctilobula, 1 to 2 ft. 
6 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 6 Asplenium Filix-foemina, 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 2, $6.00. 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 achrostichoides, 1 ft. 12 Dicksonia punctilobula, 1 to 2 ft. 
12 Aspidium marginalis, 1 to 2 ft. 6 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 3, $6.00. 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 filix-foemina, 2 to 3 ft. 
6 Aspidium achrostichoides, 1 ft. 6 Phegopteris hexagonoptera, 1 ft. 
6 Aspidium spinulosum, 1 to 1^6 ft. 6 Woodwardia virginica, 2 ft. 
6" Aspidium marginalis, 1 to 2 ft. 
No. 4, $6.00. 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, $6.00. Low Evergreen Ferns for Rockery in Shade 
This is a beautiful collection of low-growing Ferns and easily managed. 
12 Asplenium ebeneum, 6 to 15 in. 12 Polypodium vulgare, 4 to 10 in. 
12 Asplenium Trichomanes, 3 to 6 in. 6 Woodsia obtusa, 6 to 12 in. 
12 Camptosorus rhizophyllus, 4 to 9 in. 
No. 6, $6.00. Low Evergreen Ferns for Dry, Rocky Ledge 
12 Asplenium Trichomanes, 3 to 6 in. 12 Polypodium vulgare, 4 to 10 in. 
12 Woodsia obtusa, (5 to 12 in. 12 Woodsia Ilvensis, 6 in. 
You will notice that some kinds are named in more than one collection. Such seem to thrive equally well 
the localities named. 
