1() HARDY FERNS 
Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. 
12 3 4 
(1) Botrychium Virginicum. (2) Phcgopteria hexagonoptera, (3) Wooclwardia angustifolia. fertile arrd 
sterile fronds. (4) Phegopteris polypodioides 
COLLECTIONS OF HARDY FERNS BOUND TO 
PLEASE LOVERS OF WILD GARDENS 
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 given after each kind will indicate wiiere it should 
go. If in beds where they arc 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, $5. 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. 
5 Onoclea Struthiopteris, 2 to 4 feet, 20 Dicksonia punctilobula, 1 to 2 feel 
5 Osmunda Clayloniana, 2 to 3 feet. 5 Asplenium Filix-foemina, 2 to 3 feet 
No, 2, $5, For Dry, Shady Places 
These Ferns will grow in a dr>% shady place. Plant them where flowers, as a rule, 
do not thrive. 
10 Aspidium acrostichoides, 1 foot. 10 Dicksonia punctilobula, 1 to 2 feet. 
10 Aspidium marginale, 1 to 2 feet. 5 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 feet. 
No. 3, $6. For Moist, Shady Places 
This collection is fine and easily handled in moist, shady places; also for large rockery 
5 Adiantum pedatum, 1 foot. 
5 Aspidium cristatum, 1 foot. 
5 Aspidium acrostichoides, 1 foot. 
5 Aspidium spinulosum, 1 to 1feet 
5 Aspidium marginale, 1 to 2 feet. 
5 Asplenium thelypteroides, 2 to 3 feet. 
5 Asplenium Filix-foemina, 2 to 3 feet. 
5 Phegopteris hexagonoptera, 1 foot 
5 Woodwardia virginica, 2 feet. 
