EDWARD GIL LETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
SELECT HARDY TERNS 
1 ADIANTUM pedatum (Maidenhair Fern). One of the prettiest. Grows about a foot 
high in rich shades, and responds readily to cultivation. This, like nearly all 
the Ferns, needs good drainage. It will establish itself in one season, and in¬ 
crease in strength year after year. Plant i foot apart for massing. Clumps, 20 
cts. each, #1.25 per doz. (See illustration on page 1.) 
2 ASPIDIUM acrostichoides (Christmas Fern). An evergreen species, about a foot 
high, with deep green fronds simply divided. Although it is one of our common 
species, it is a pretty one. and easily grown in shade in good garden soil, well 
drained. A good Fern for planting with other sorts. Plant r foot apart. 15 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. (See illustration on back of cover.) 
a A. aculeatum, var. Braunii (Prickly Shield Fern). The leaves are evergreen and 
shining, and when well grown it is one of the finest of our native Ferns. It is 
found along the mountain brooks, but takes quite readily to cultivation in the 
shaded corner where the drainage is good; benefited by a little leaf-mold. 
Grows about 12 to 18 inches high, and should be planted 1 foot apart. 20 cts. 
each, $1.50 per doz. 
4 A. Boottii (Boott's Wood Fern). An intermediate form between . /. cristatum and 
A. spinulosum found sparingly in swamps. 1 to 1 V 2 feet; evergreen. Plant 
in moist garden soil in a shady spot. Rare. Plant 1 foot apart ; no special soil 
required. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
5 A. cristatum (Crested Wood Fern). This is a more common evergreen Pern, found 
in wet springy places ; about a foot high. A moist, shady place is suited to its 
growth. It gives a decided coloring to the Fern bed, where it should be planted 
about 8 inches apart in front of the tall sorts. 10 cts. each, fi per doz. 
6 A. cristatum, var. Clintonianum. In every way larger than the preceding. A showv 
Fern and easy to grow in any shaded spot. 2 to 3 feet high. Plant 18 inches 
apart. 15 cts. each, Jr.30 per doz. 
7 A. Filix-mas (Male Fern). A 
very beautiful and hardy 
Fern, green all the year. 
Rare. 1 to 1 ‘ 2 feet. Plant in 
a rich, shady place. 1 foot 
apart. 30 cts. each. 
8 A. Goldianum (Goldie’s Wood 
Fern). This species often 
grows 4 feet high, with fronds 
a foot or more wide. Broadly 
ovate in outline, deep green 
in color. Takes kindly to 
cultivation in moist shades. 
Not evergreen. 18 inches 
apart. 25 cts. each. J1.50 
per doz. 
9 A. marginale (Evergreen Wood 
Fern). One of our prettiest 
evergreen species. Fronds 
1 to 2 feet in length, 3 to 5 
inches wide, thickish, and of 
a deep green color. It de¬ 
lights in rich shady, rocky 
hillsides, yet it thrives in my 
garden with Maidenhair and 
other kinds, r foot apart. 
15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
10 A. munitum. An evergreen 
Feta from Oregon resem¬ 
bling A. acrostichoides , but 
finer; desira ble for rock work. 
See illustration. 9 inches 
apart. 25 cts. each. 
ASPIDIUM MUNITUM. 
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