Hardy Ornamentals, Herbaceous Plants, Etc 
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Asplenium ebeneum. 
ASPIDIUM Boottii. A tali, narrow-fronded species; is a native of our ash swamps, growing with 
~ " such plants as Habcnaria psycodcs. It likes shade, peat and 
moisture. A charming hardy Peru. 15 cts. each. c. 
A. Filix mas. 25 cts. each. 
A. Goldianum (Goldie’s Wood Peru). Not rarely 4 feet 
high, with fronds a foot or more wide. One of the ilnost 
Aspidiums. The bright green fronds often have a yellow¬ 
ish 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. 20 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. cl. 
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 to2 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 planting rocky, shaded slopes. 15 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. cl. 
A. munitum. This, the Dagger Fern of the Pa¬ 
cific coast, a line ornamental species, needs a 
light covering in winter. 20c. each, 2 for 30c. c. 
A. noveboracense. A medium-sized, dolicate, 
hardy Fern, with fronds over a foot high; very 
thin and frail. Needs shade and a well-drained, 
sandy soil, with leaf-mold, for its proper culture; 
very pretty. 10 cts. each, SI per doz. h. 
A, spinulosum. This, with its various forms, 
such as A. vcir. intermedin m and A. var. dilatatum, 
is a pretty group, with finely divided, dolicato, 
evergreen fronds, feet high by 4 or 5 inches wide. It is nice for cool, shaded locations, and is 
easily grown. 10 cts. each, SI per doz. d. • 
A. spinulosum var. dilatatum. 25 cts. each. 
A. thelypteris. Varies much indifferent localities. Fronds erect, about 2% inches wide. A good 
Fern for the borders of bogs or moist, peaty soil. Likes leaf-mold. 15 cts. each, SI per doz. c. 
ASPLENIUM angustifolium. One of our best native Spleonworts, with tall, narrow fronds, often 
more than 3 feet high. It likes shade and a moist, rich soil. 15 cts. each, SI.25 per doz. 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-foemina (Lady Fern). 1 to 3 feet high. Foliage fine and dolicate. Sun or shade, if givon 
sufficient moisture. 15 cts. each. *1 per doz. d. 
A. Filix-foemina Michauxii. A narrow form of the Lady Fern. 1 to 2 foot high, with erect fronds. 
Does well in the sun, in moist, loamy or 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, $1 per doz. d. 
A. tricliomanes (Maidenhair Spleenwort). A delicate little Fern, with fronds 3 to 5 inches long. 
Nice for sheltered pockets of the rockery. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. a. 
A. viride. One of the 
smallest Ferns in New 
England. 20 cts. each. 
BOTRYCHIUM Virgin- 
ianum (Moon wort). 
Very interesting ; in 
two parts the fruiting 
segment extending ; ft • 
much above the sterile, ‘ > 
the latter more hand-^ . 
some. 15c. each, 2 for 
25c. h. 
B. teraatum. Smaller, 
with fronds more dura¬ 
ble, which last green 
all winter. 25c. ea. a. 
££3* Bo try chiums are no , 
longer classed with ferns . Dicksonia. (See page 32.) 
