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Edward Gillett, SouthwicK, Massachusetts 
SELECT HARDY FERNS 
30 ONOCLEA Struthiopteris (Ostrich 
Fern). Fertile fronds about 
a foot high ; sterile fronds 
much larger, i to 5 feet high, 
6 to lo inches wide, erect. A 
very handsome species. (Jrace- 
ful as a palm. Can be grown 
as single plants in open sun. 
25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
31 OPHIOGLOSSUM vulgatum 
(Adder’s I'ongue Fern). A 
single leaf from the yellow 
fil)rous roots, bearing at the 
top a singular spike of fruit or 
spores. Wet. open places. 
10 cts. each, per doz. 
32 OSMUNDA regalis (Flowering 
Fern). 'Fwoto 3 feet high. Pale 
green. One of the prettiest 
Ferns. Adapted for open sun 
in moist places. Large roots, 
30 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
33 O. Claytoniana. Is clothed with 
loose wool when unfolding its 
fronds in spring, soon becom¬ 
ing perfectly smooth. A group 
of tliese 'Avhite croziers” is 
shown below. A hardy Fern. Two to 3 feet in heiglit, fronds 
about 6 inches wide. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
34 O. cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern). Is usually larger than the 
preceding, often 5 feet high and 8 inches wide. Clothed with 
rusty wool when young, but the sterile fronds are smooth when 
full grown. Very beautiful. 'Phis will thrive in quite wet 
soil in open sun. 25 cts. each. $2 per doz. 
35 PELLiEA atropurpurea ( Clayton’s Cliff Brake' 
green Fern found on lime¬ 
stone cliffs. We have it 
Lygodium palma 
turn. (See p. .3.) 
A low ever- 
36 P. 
established on a wall in a 
shady place, where it gets 
but very little moisture. 25c. 
densa (Oregon Cliff Brake). 
A little low Fern 4 to 6 
inches high, found on rocks 
in the mountains of the 
western coast. 20 cts. 
37 P. gracilis (Slender Cliff Brake). 
A delicate little Fern 3 to 
6 inches high. Desirable 
for tlie rock garden. 25c. 
each, Si. 75 per doz. 
PHEGOPTERIS (Beech Fern). 
38 P. Dryopteris. Has triangu¬ 
lar fronds 3 to 5 inches wide, 
once or twice divided. A 
delicate and pretty Fern. In 
shades. i5c.ea.,;?i perdoz. 
hexagonoptera. A good 
Fern for the shady corner, 
7 to 12 inches wide, broader 
than long. ro cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
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Osmunda Claytoniana. 
