Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. 
HARDY FERNS 5 
HARDY FERNS 
Hardy Ferns arc becoming an important factor in our modern gardening. This 
order of plants, as a rule, is easily grown and the amateur can have good success in 
growing them. They can be planted in either spring or fall, and if the purchaser wishes 
to use my pot-grown stock they can be placed in the garden even during the mid-growing 
season. Hardy Ferns are being used in quantity for massed plantings, and selections 
can be made to suit almost any location, .\lany times there arc corners about the house 
where the sun does not strike. Such places can be beautified by the use of I lardy Ferns. 
My Fern trade is extensive and I am in a position to furnish them in quantity and will 
be glad to make special quotations on large amounts. I carry in stock over fifty varieties 
of native hardy Ferns most of them taking readily to cultivation. There are a few 
varieties of hardy native Ferns which will thrive in the open sun, yet, for the most 
part, they will give much better results when planted in a shady location. The Ferns 
I offer, being native, recjuirc a period of rest and consequently are not suitable for house 
culture in the winter. 
Soils. Some of the larger-growing Ferns can be ^rown with extremely good results 
in ordinary garden soil in a shady location, yet, if we intend to imitate Nature, it will be 
