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Hardy Fern and Flower Farm 
EDWARD GILLETT, Prop. 
SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
There is so much inquiry for plants to grow in certain positions, like dark, shady places 
where the common garden plants will not thrive; wet, low grounds, where sedges and like 
plants seem to take possession; plants best suited for the open border, that we have so marked 
the several kinds in this Catalogue that we feel one may be helped and, at a glance, be better 
able to select the kinds wanted without being obliged to read whole pages of descriptions. 
□ All plants desirable for growing in dark, shady places, shut out from the sunlight, are 
marked with this sign, Q. Very few of the old garden plants will thrive in such a place, but 
most of the Hardy Ferns of New England, and several of the best wild flowers are at home 
here; the little nook by the porch, shut away from the sunlight, the deep shade of the great 
lawn tree, where even grass will not grow, the wooded bank, are all places to beautify with 
this class of plants. 
O This sign means that the plant is adapted for the low, wet places where sedges crowd 
out the grasses and bulrushes thrive; Lobelias, Marsh Marigolds, Iris, Sarracenias, Mentha, 
Lythrum. etc., find here a congenial home. 
A -Ml the old garden plants, those to grow in beds or borders, like Campanulas, Aquile- 
gias, those best suited for open, sunny places, desiring for the most part a moist, yet well- 
drained soil in the open sun, arc marked A. 
X Plants marked with an X are adapted for dry woods. Many of the Asters and Golden- 
rods will thrive here. Most of them come in late summer, when other flowers are passed; they 
do quite well, also, in dry, open places. 
Occasionally will be seen two of the signs against the same plant; this means that the 
plant seems to do equally well in both positions. 
