Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. 
ROCK-GARDENS 19 
ROCK-GARDEN PLANTS FOR A MOIST, SHADY PLACE 
FERNS 
(For description, see Ferns) 
Adiantum pedatum, 12 to 15 inches. 
Aspidium aculeatum Braunii, 12 to 15 i 
Aspidium cristatum, 12 inches. 
Aspidium Filix-mas, 1 to 2 feet. 
Aspidium marginale, 1 to 2 feet. 
Aspidium munitum, 12 to 15 inches. 
Aspidium spinulosum, 1 to I ^ 2 feet. 
Asplenium ebeneum. b to 12 indies. 
Asplenium Trichomanes, 3 to 6 inches. 
Camptosorus rhizophyllus. (Prostrate) 
Cryptogramma acrostichoides, h to ^ in. 
Cystopteris bulbifera, 6 to 12 inches. 
Cystopteris fragilis, 6 to H inches. 
Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 
Osmunda regalis, P 2 ^ 
Pellaea densa, 4 to 8 indies. 
Phegopteris Dryopteris, h to 10 
indies. 
Phegopteris hexagonoptera, 8 to 
12 inches. 
Phegopteris polypodioides, 8 to 
12 inches. 
Polypodium falcatum, 4 to 10 in. 
Polypodium vulgare, 4 to 10 in. 
Woodsia ilvensis, 4 to 8 inches, 
Woodsia obtusa, 6 to 12 inches. 
Hepatica acutiloba, 4 to 6 inches. 
Hepatica triloba, 4 to () inches. 
Heuchera americana, 8 to 12 inches. 
Houstonia cserulea, 2 to 3 inches. 
Houstonia purpurea, 2 to 4 inches. 
Hydrastis canadensis, 3 to 6 inches. 
1 Iris cristata, 4 to 8 inches. 
Iris verna, 4 to 8 indies. 
Lilium philadelphicum, 1 to 2 feet. 
Lobelia cardinalis, 1J 2 to 3 feel. 
Lobelia syphilitica, 18 to 30 inches. 
Mertensia virginica, 1 to 1*2 feet. 
I Mitchella repens. (Prostrate.) 
Mitella diphylla, 4 to 8 inches. 
Nepeta Glechoma. (Prostrate.) 
Opuntia vulgaris, 3 to 6 inches. 
FLOWERING PLANTS 
(See Herbaceous Plants for 
descriptions) 
Actaea alba, 1 to 2 feel. 
Actaea rubra, 1 to 2 feet. 
Anemone pennsylvanica, 1 foot. 
Aquilegia canadensis, 8 to 12 in. 
Arisaema triaphyllum, 1 to 1 * 2 ft. 
Asarum canadense, 4 to 6 inches. 
Asarum virginicum, 4 to 6 inches. 
Aster cordifolius, 1 *.> to 2 feet. 
Aster corymbosus, 18 to 30 in. 
Aster paiens, 1 * 2 to 2 feet. 
Aster undulatus, 18 to 30 indies. 
Baptisia tinctoria, 1 to 2 feet. 
Campanula rotundifolia, 1 to 2 ft. 
Caulophyllum thalictroides, 1 to 
Ij^feet. 
Chimaphila maculata, 3 to 6 in. 
Cimicifuga racemosa, 2 to 4 feet. 
Claytonia caroliniana, 3 to 5 in. 
Claytonia virginica, 3 to 5 inches. 
Dalibarda repens, 2 to 4 inches. 
Dentaria diphylla, 4 to 8 inches. 
Dicentra Cucullaria, 4 to 8 in. 
Erythronium albidum, 6 inches. 
Erythronium americanum, 6 in. 
Eupatorium ageratoides, 13^ to 
3 feet. 
Euphorbia corollata, 13^to 3 feet. 
Galax aphylla, 6 to 8 inches. 
Gentiana Andrewsii, 1 to 2 feet. 
Geranium Robertianum, 6 to 12 
inches. 
Natural planting of the Ostrich Fern (Onoc/cu Strulhiopteiis) 
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