EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
SELECT HARDY FERNS 
UNFOLDING FRONDS OF THE OSMUNDAR. 
33 OSMUNDA regalis (Flowering Fern). Two to 3 feet High. Pale green. ^ One of 
the prettiest of the large Ferns. Can be grown in still water, 2 or 3 inches 
deep, setting the plants so that the crown shall be just above the water. It can 
also be grown in moist soils, sun or shade. Plant 2 to 3 feet apart where sev¬ 
eral are to be grown. Large roots, 30 cts. each, f 2 per doz. 
34 0. Claytoniana. Is clothed with loose wool when unfolding its fronds in spring, 
soon becoming perfectly smooth. A group of these w white croziers ” is shown 
above. This Pern, 2 to 3 feet high, is found in rather dry shaded places, and 
does quite well under cultivation Plant about 2 feet apart if several are 
needed. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
35 0. cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern). Is usually larger than the preceding, often 5 
feet high and 8 inches wide. Clothed with rusty wool when young, but the 
sterile fronds are smooth when full grown. Very beautiful. This will thrive 
in quite wet soil in open sun, or moist shady places ; usually found in mucky 
soil. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
36 PELL7EA atropurpurea (Clayton’s Cliff Brake). A low, evergreen Fern, 8 to 12 
inches high, usually found on limestone cliffs. We got good results last season 
with this Fern in clear leaf-mold, raising the bed about 6 inches in a shaded place, 
using small flat stones between the plants ; this kept the soil from drying out 
We got plants a foot high in this way. Choice, 25 cts. 
37 P. densa (Oregon Cliff Brake h A little low Fern 4 to 6 inches high, found on 
rocks in the mountains of the western coast. It does quite well in a raised bed 
of leaf-mold in a shady place ; it should be planted 4 to 6 inches apart. 20 cts. 
38 P. gracilis (Slender Cliff Brake). A delicate little Fern 3 to 6 inches high, found 
on moist shaded banks. Does quite well in a raised bed of leaf-mold with 
the other Pellaeas. Should be planted rather thickly, 2 or 3 inches apart is 
about right. Rather rare. 25 cts. each, $1.75 per doz. 
PHEGOPTERIS (Beech Fern)- 
39 P. Dryopteris. Has triangular fronds 3 to 5 inches wide, once or twice divided. A 
delicate and pretty Fern. One foot high, in irioist, rich, shaded places, often 
near a mountain brook ; it is benefited bv adding a little leaf-mold to the soil. 
Quite desirable for growing with other small Ferns, or in front of larger sorts. 
Plant 8 inches apart for permanent bed. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
40 P. hexagonopt^ra. A good Fern for the shady corner, 7 to 12 inches wide, broader 
than long ; quite showy and easily grown in almost any garden soil. One foot 
high, desirable for growing in front ot the taller and larger kinds. Plant 8 inches 
apart. 10 cts. each, $\ per doz. 
41 P. polypodoides. Fronds smaller and darker green than in the last. Eight inches 
high, often found on mossy banks just above the water of a mountain brook, 
and often with Dryopteris, but not as particular as to soil when cultivated. It 
makes a good Fern for the front border of a Fern bed, and, if planted 6 inches 
apart, should in two years make a solid clump. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
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