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a singular spike of fruit or spores. Wet places. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
OSMUNDA recalls (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 (J inches wide. 25 cents each, $2 per dozen. 
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. 25 cents each, $2 
per dozen. 
PELL/EA atropurpurea —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. 
PHEGOPTERIS (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. 
POLYPODIUM 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 YUlgare (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 fine groundwork for small flowering plants. 10 cents 
each, $1 per dozen. 
W00DSIA IlVCIlSiS —Grows 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 0 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. 
BULBS. 
Lilies, Gladiolus, Narcissus, Tulips, Etc., Etc. 
AMARYLLIS Atainasco (Atamasco Lily)—A beautiful plant from the 
South, with grass-like leaves, and large, upright pure white flowers. Delights 
in a rich, warm soil. Requires protection in winter. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
AMARYLLIS Atamasco rosa— a beautiful rose-tinted flower, easy of cul¬ 
ture and a great bloomer. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
Ferns Are Easily Grown 
