EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
SELECT HARD/ FERNS 
A BED OF FERNS IN WOODS, WITH ASPIDIUM NOVEBORACENSE IN FOREGROUND. 
11 ASPIDIUM Noveboracense (New York Shield Fern). A slender species about a 
foot high, in moist, shady woods, with fronds 3 to 4 inches wide. Pale green. 
Fine for massing, as seen in lower part of cut. Plant 9 inches apart. 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz. 
12 A. spinulosum (Spinulose Wood Fern). A very pretty evergreen species, about 
15 inches high, with finely dissected fronds about 4 inches wide. Quite a 
prominent Fern in moist woods and shaded banks, where it becomes easily 
established when planted. It does quite well in the h ern bed planted well back. 
Plant 18 inches apart. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
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