EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
SELECT HARDY FERNS 
19 ASPLENIUM thelypteroides (Silvery Spleenwort). Fronds 2 to 3 feet high by 6 
inches wide. In moist shades. A good thrifty Fern well deserving a place in 
the Fern bed, well back. Any good garden soil. Plant 2 feet apart. 15 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. 
20 BOTRYCHIUM Virgin cum (Moonwort) About 1 foot, divided into two segments 
above the middle, one of which is erect, bearing the fruit; the other spreading, 
triangular, membranous and much divided. Not a large Fern, but rather neat 
and quite desirable for the fern border in moist, peaty soil well shaded. Plant 
8 inches apart. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
21 B. ternatum. 6 to 12 inches high. Fronds evergreen, somewhat resembling the 
preceding, but smaller and less divided. Found in moist, open fields, often in 
mow-lands, and is quite conspicuous in late autumn by the yellowish fruit and 
finely-cut green or variously tinted leaves. Plant 6 inches apart. 10 cts. each, 
$i per doz. 
22 CAMPTOSORUS rhizophyllus 
(Walking Leaf). A little, low- 
creeping Fern with evergreen 
fronds, 4 to 9 inches long, 
growing in tufts The ends of 
these fronds rest on the ground 
and take root, forming new 
plants at each “step” thus 
taken. This curious habit has 
given the Fern its popular 
name. Found growing natu¬ 
rally on shaded, calcareous 
rocks. Interesting and quite 
easy to grow in the rock gar¬ 
den. If to be grown in the 
Fern bed, use a good sprink¬ 
ling of leaf-mold, raising the 
bed 2 or 3 inches, and plant on 
front edge about 6 inches apart. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
24 CRYPTOGRAMMA acrostichoides 
(American Rock-Brake). A 
small evergreen Fern, 6 inches 
highjformingnicelittle clumps. 
A native of the Pacific coast, 
in crevices of rocks ; thrives in the rock garden. It also takes kindly to a Fern 
bed to which leaf-mold has been added. Plant in front, about 6 inches apart. 
20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
DICKSONIA PUNCTILOBULA AND ASTER 
CORDIFOLIUS. (Seepage 6.) 
23 CHEILANTHES vestita (Clothed 
Lip Fern). A beautiful little 
evergreen Fern, found on 
rocky places southward. 6 
inches high. This will thrive 
on front edge of Fern bed if it 
can have a small supply of 
leaf-mold and a shady place. 
Clumps. Plant 6 to 8 inches 
apart. 15c. ea., #1.25 per doz. 
25 CYSTOPTERIS bulbifera (Bladder Fern). Fronds 1 to 2 feet long, narrow and 
slender. Light green in color, and quite graceful. Grows best in a moist, 
shady place. This makes a good plant for the Fern basket. It can be planted 
8 to 12 inches apart, and is quite desirable for planting in front of stronger 
Ferns, like Aspidium spinulosum , A. marginata , etc. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
26 C. fragilis. Smaller, 4 to 8 inches high ; fronds two or three times divided. Forms 
nice little clumps in shady, well-drained soil. It takes kindly to the rock gar¬ 
den or can be planted 6 inches apart in beds with the larger sorts. 10 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
Ferns can be ordered by number if you wish. 
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