4 TLdlvard Gillett, Southlvick, Massachusetts 
SLLLCT HARDY FLRNS 
Asplenium Tricliomanes 
17 Asplenium Filix-foemina (Lady Fern). A large, handsome Kern 2 to 3 feet high, 
with finely cut foliage. Plant in a moist place in sun or shade, good rich soil. 
This is a good Fern to grow as single specimens, or it can be set 18 to 24 inches 
apart at back of Fern bed. 15 cts. each, #1.25 per doz. 
18 A. montanum (Mountain Spleenwort). A little, low, evergreen Fern, forming dense 
tufts in crevices of rocks. Good for the small rock-garden or Fern-dish. 15c. 
19 A. pinnatifidum (Pinnatifid Spleenwort). Three to 6 inches. Usually found on 
moist sandstone cliffs. Somewhat like Walking-leaf, yet the fronds are cut or 
lobed. Plant in the Fern garden. 15 cts. 
20 A. Trichomanes (Maidenhair Spleenwort). A delicate little Fern, with narrow 
fronds 3 to 6 inches long. This, although found up among the cliffs, adapts 
itself to the small rockery, where it does exceedingly well, also in the Fern 
border. This is one of the small Ferns benefited by a good allowance of leaf- 
mold. Plant about 8 inches apart. 15 cts. each, $r per doz 
21 A. 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. 
22 BOTRYCHIUM Virginicum (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. 
23 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, 
$1 per doz. 
24 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 naturally on shaded, calcareous rocks. Interesting and quite easy to 
grow in the rock-garden. If to be grown in the Fern bed, use a good sprinkling 
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. 
