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EDWARD GILLETTS CATALOGUE. 
can supply extra line plants of this, nursery grown. 25 cents each, §2 per 
dozen. 
MARCHANTIA (I liverwort) — Fine for forming a green covering for rocks 
or soil around plants. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
0N0CLEA scnsibilis (Sensitive Fern) — 1 to 2 feet. Wet places, open 
sun or shade. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
Struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern) — Fertile fronds about a foot high; sterile fronds 
much larger, 1 to 5 feet high, G to 10 inches wide, erect. A very handsome 
species. Graceful as a palm on the lawn in open sun. 25 cents each, $1.50 
per dozen. 
0PHI0GL0SSUM .TUlgalllin (Adder’s Tongue Fern)—A single leaf from 
yellow fibrous roots, bearing at the top a singular spike of fruit or spores. 
Wet places. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
0SMUNDA regalis (Flowering Fern)—2 to 3 feet high. Pale green. One 
of the prettiest ferns. Osmundas are adapted for open sun in moist places. 
Large roots. 30 cents each, §2 per dozen. 
Claytoniana— Is clothed with loose wool when unfolding its fronds in spring, 
soon becoming perfectly smooth. A hardy fern, 2 to 3 feet in height, fronds 
about 6 inches wide. 25 cents each, $2 per dozen. 
Cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern) — Is usually larger than the preceding, often 5 
feel high, and 8 inches wide. Clothed with rusty wool when young, but the 
sterile fronds are smooth when full grown. Very beautiful. 25 cents each, $2 
per dozen. 
PELLEA alropiirpurea— This fern chooses for its native home a dry, cal¬ 
careous, rocky place, hidden from the sun, and seems to delight when trans¬ 
planted in crevices of a wall where there is good drainage. 25 cents each. 
gracilis—A delicate little fern, 3 to 6 inches high. Desirable for the rock garden. 
25 cents each, $1.75 per dozen. 
PHEG0PTERIS (Beech Fern). 
Dryopteris—Has triangular fronds 3 to 5 inches wide, once or twice divided. A 
delicate and pretty fern. In shades. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
hexagonoptera — Is larger, 7 to 12 inches wide, broader than long. 10 cents each, 
$1 per dozen. 
polypodoides—Fronds smaller and darker green than in the last. Rock garden 
or any garden soil in shade. Easily cultivated. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
P0LYP0D1UM vulgare —One of the best evergreen species for rock work. 
Grows 4 to 10 inches high, forming dense mats. Generally found on half shaded 
rocks. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
falcatum — A species from Oregon, about the same size as the last,' but more 
graceful. Same situation. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
SC0L0PENDRIUM vulgare (Hart’s Tongue) — A very rare fern in the 
United States, with simple fronds 6 to 12 inches high. Very easily cultivated. 
Fine for rock work in moist leaf mould. 35 cents each. 
SELAGINELLA rupestris — A little, low, moss-like plant, 1 to 3 inches high, 
growing in little tufts, grayish green in color. Grows on exposed rocks. 15 
cents each, $1.20 per dozen. 
apus—A pretty little creeper, with fine scale-like leaves. Desirable for a moist 
situation, and makes a line groundwork for small flowering plants. 10 cents 
each, $1 per dozen. 
W00DSIA Ilvensts —G rows in little tufts. Fronds 2 to 6 inches long by an 
inch wide. Found on exposed rocks. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
obtusa — Grows from G to 12 inches high, with fronds 3 to 4 inches wide. Found 
on rocky banks and cliffs. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
W00DWARDIA (Chain Fern). 
angustifolia—12 to 18 inches high, by 3 to 4 inches wide. Grows in wet bogs. 
20 cents each, $1.20 per dozen. 
Virginica—Is larger, 2 to 3 feet high, by 3 to 5 inches broad. Wet swamps or 
bogs. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
Ferns Are Fasily Grown. 
