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aspidium 
cristatum var. Clintonianum. This is a much larger form of the above, often 4 feet 
high. Quite easy of culture. 15 cts. each, $1 per dozen, c. 
Boottii. This tall, narrow-fronded species is a native of our ash swamps, growing 
with such plants as Hcibcnaria -psycodes. It likes shade, peat and moisture. A 
charming hardy Fern. 15 cts. each. 2 for 25 cts. c. 
A. Goldianum (Goldie’s Wood Fern). Not rarely 4 feet high, with fronds a 
foot or more wide. One of the finest Aspidiums. The bright green 
fronds often have a yellowish tinge early in the season, before they have 
attained full size. Later they are darker and duller. It likes a moist, 
well-drained, loamy soil, with partial shade. 20c. each, $1.50 per doz. d. 
A. marginale (Evergreen Wood Fern). A large, evergreen species, quite 
common and very useful. Fronds thick, with a bluish tinge, and are 
very durable. Cut specimens will keep a long time. Fronds 1 to 2 feet 
high by 3 to 5 inches wide. Its home is rich, rocky, sheltered hillsides, 
but any shaded, well-drained situation suits it, and it can be grown in the 
sun. Small plants are fine for the rockery. Very useful for plant¬ 
ing rocky, shaded slopes. 15 cts. each, Si per dozen, d. 
A. munitum. This, the Dagger Fern of the Pacific coast, a fine 
ornamental species, needs a light covering in winter. 20 cts. each, 
2 for 30 cts. c. 
A. noveboracense. A medium-sized, delicate, hardy Fern, with 
fronds over a foot high j very thin and frail Needs shade and a 
well-drained, sandy soil, with leaf-mold, for its proper culture ; 
very pretty. 10 cts. each. b. 
A. spinulosum. This, with its various forms, such as A. var. inter¬ 
medium and A. var. dilatatum , is a pretty group, with finely divided, 
delicate, evergreen fronds, 1 Yz feet high by 4 or 5 inches wide. I 
is nice for cool, shaded locations, and iseasily grown 
$1 per dozen, d 
A. thelypteris. Varies much in different localities, 
about 'I'/z inches wide. A good Fern for 
the borders of bogs or moist, peaty soil. 
Likes leaf-mold. 15c. ea., $1 per doz. c. 
ASPLENIUM angustifolium. One of our 
best native Spleenworts, with tall, narrow 
feet high. It likes shade and a moist, rich 
10 cts. each, 
Fronds erect, 
CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS. 
fronds, often more than 
soil. 20 cts. each. d. # 
A. ebeneum. 9 to 15 inches high, growing mostly in rocky soil. A 
pretty little Fern with slim fronds, quite distinct from most hardy sorts. 
Likes a thin shade. Valuable for rock-work. 10 cts. each. a. 
A. Filix-fcemina (Lady Fern). 1 to 3 feet high. Foliage fine and deli¬ 
cate. Sun or shade, if given sufficient moisture. 15c. ea., $1 per doz. d. 
A. Filix-fcemina Michauxii. A narrow form of the Lady Fern. 1 to 2 
feet high, with erect fronds. Does well in the sun, in moist, loamy 01 
sandy soil. 15 cts. each. 2 for 25 cts. d. . 
A. thelypteroides (Silvery Spleenwort). About 3 feet high, with fronds 
twice as long as its stalks. Nice for the shady corner. Likes moisture 
and rich, peaty soil. 12 cts. each, Si per dozen, d. 
A. trichomanes (Maidenhair Spleenwort). A delicate little Fern, with 
fronds 3 to 5 inches long. Nice for sheltered pockets of the rockery. 
15 cts. each. Si per dozen, a. 
BOTRYCHIUM Virginianum (Moonwort). A fine and interesting Fern in 
two parts—the fruiting segment extending much above the sterile, the 
latter more durable and handsome. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. b. 
B. ternatum. Smaller than the preceding, with fronds more durable, 
which last green all winter. 15 cts. each. a. 
CAMPTOSORUS rhizophyllus (Walking Leaf). A fine little Fern for 
shaded rock-work. It grows naturally in black leaf-mold, on shaded 
rocks, in 1 to 3 inches of soil. Good tufts, 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. b. 
^dicksonia imlosiuscui.a. 
