'Efdlvard Gillett, Southhick, J^ass, — Hardy Terns 
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Ferns growing among rocks, taken at Gillen’s. The upper left-hand corner shows clumps of Woodiia lloensis 
and those at the bottom are Pellaa alropurpurea 
Hardy Ferns 
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 as given after each kind would indicate where it should 
go; if in beds where they are 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. /, $5.00. 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. 
6 Onoclea Struthiopteris, 2 to 4 ft. 24 Dicksonia punctilobula, i to 2 ft. 
6 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 6 Asplenium Filix-foemina, 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 2y $5.00. For Dry, Shady Places 
These Ferns will grow in a dry, shady place. Plant them where flowers, as a rule, do not 
thrive. 
12 Aspidium acrostichoides, i ft. 12 Dicksonia punctilobula, i to 2 ft. 
12 Aspidium marginale, i to 2 ft. 6 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 3, $5.00. For Moisty Shady Places 
This collection is fine and easily handled in 
6 Adiantum pedatum, i ft. 
6 Aspidium cristatum, 1 ft. 
6 Aspidium acrostichoides, i ft. 
6 Aspidium spinulosum, i to ft. 
6 Aspidium marginale, i to 2 ft. 
moist, shady places; also for large rockery, 
6 Asplenium thelypteroides, 2 to 3 ft. 
6 Asplenium Filix-fcemina, 2 to 3 ft. 
6 Phegopteris hexagonoptera, i ft. 
6 Woodwardia. Virginica, 2 ft. 
