EDWARD (ill. LETT. SOUTHWI CK. MASSACHUSETTS 
SELECT HARDY FERNS 
42 POLYPODIUM vulgare (Common Polypody). One of the best evergreen species 
for rockwork. Grows 4 to 10 inches high, forming dense mats. Generally 
found on half-shaded rocks, often covering them. It is desirable for front edge 
of hern bed, and will adapt itself to almost any kind of soil not too wet; plant it 
about 4 to 6 inches apart for quick results. See illustration taken from nature 
of a rocky bank covered with it. page t. 10 cts. each. $1 per doz. 
43 SELAGINELLA rupestris. A little, low, moss-like plant, 1 to 3 inches high, grow 
ing in little tufts, grayish green in color. Grows on exposed rocks 15 cts. 
each, $1.20 per doz. 
4 \ S. apus. A pretty little creeper, with fine scale-like leaves. Desirable for a moist 
situation, and makes a fine groundwork for small-flowering plants. Will grow 
in open sun ; any wet or moist place will do. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
45 WOODSIA Ilvensis (Rusty Woodsia). This little Fern often chooses for its home 
the exposed rocks on tops of mountains, forming little tufts and forcing its 
roorts down into the crevices. Twenty years ago I saw it in masses on*the 
grounds where Mt. Tom House now stands, in Holyoke, Mass., 1,200 feet above 
the sea. It will also thrive in moist soils in shade, but give it good drainage 
It grows about 6 inches high and is at home in front part of Fern bed ; plant 
about 8 inches apart. 20 cts. each. $1.25 per doz. 
46 W. obtusa (Obtuse-leaved Woodsia). Six to 12 inches high ; found on rocky 
banks. An easy hern to grow, and one quite desirable for rockwork. This 
will thrive in almost any shaded place not too wet. It can be planted 8 inches 
apart in front of larger Ferns, and is benefited by the addition of a little leaf- 
mold. 15 cts. each, #1.25 per doz. 
WOODWARDIA (Chain Fern) 
47 W. angustifolia. Twelve inches high bv 3 to 4 inches wide. Grows in wet bogs, 
but takes kindly to cultivation in moist garden soil, and will thrive even if put 
in highest rock gardens. Plant 8 to 10 inches apart for massing 20 cts each 
#1.25 per doz. 
48 W '.Y. ir S i “i' : a. Is larger, 2 feet high by 3 to 5 inches broad. Wet swamps or bogs 
I Ins, like the above, can be grown in any garden soil. This should be planted 
12 or 14 inches apart if a permanent bed is desired in a wet place, is cts each 
Jr.25 per doz. 
HARDY FRRNS 
The following collections are made up to help in selecting for special needs, and ehould 
go 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 farthest back 
eight inches or a foot from the wall, and the smaller kinds in front 
No. 1, $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, 1 to 2 ft. 
6 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 6 Asplenium Filix-foemina 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 2, $5.00. For Dry, Shady Places 
These Ferns will grow in a dry, shady place, 
do not thrive. 
Plant them where flowers as a rule 
12 Aspidium acrostichoides, 1 ft. 12 Dicksonia punctilobula, 1 to 2 ft. 
12 Aspidium marginale, 1 to 2 ft. 6 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 
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