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SELECT HARDY FERNS 
25 CHEILANTHES vestita (Clothed Lip Fern). A beautiful little evergreen Fern, 
found on rocky places southward. 6 inches high. This will thrive on front 
edge of Fern bed if it can have a small supply of leaf-mold and a shady place. 
Clumps. Plant 6 to 8 inches apart. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
26 CRYPTOGRAMMA acrostichoides (American Rock-Brake). A small evergreen 
Fern, 6 inches high, forming nice little clumps. A native of the Pacific coast, 
in crevices of rocks ; thrives in the rock-garden. It also takes kindly to a Fern 
bed to which leaf-mold has been added. Plant in front, about 6 inches apart. 
20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
27 CYSTOPTERIS bulbifera (Bladder Fern). Fronds 1 to 2 feet long, narrow and 
slender. Light green in color, and quite graceful. Grows best in a moist, 
shady place. This makes a good plant for the Fern basket. It can be planted 
8 to 12 inches apart, and is quite desirable for planting in front of stronger 
Ferns, like Aspidium spmulosum, A. marginata , etc. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
28 C. fragilis. Smaller, 4 to 8 inches high ; fronds two or three times divided. Forms 
nice little clumps in shady, well-drained soil. It takes kindly to the rock-gar- 
den or can be planted 6 inches apart in beds with the larger sorts. 10 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
29 DICKSONIA punctilobula (Hay-scented or Gossamer Fern). Grows 1 or 2 feet 
high. Fronds pale green, very thin, with strong stalks from a slender, creep¬ 
ing rootstock. A prominent feature in mountain scenery, often seen in great 
patches in open places. One of the very best for massing either in open sun or 
partial shade, and will thrive in quite dry or moist soil if the drainage is good. 
Plant 8 inches apart. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
30 LYCOPODIUM lucidulum (Shining Club Moss). Pretty evergreen, 3 to 8 inches 
high. Leaves inch long, growing thickly along the stalk. Moist, shady soil. 
Plant rather thickly for massing. 3 to 4 inches apart. 20 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
3r LYGODIUM palmatum (Climbing 
Fern). Grows 1 to3feet high. 
Stalk slender and twining from 
a slender running rootstock. 
A choice and rare kind needing 
some support in a moist shady 
spot. Plant 1 foot apart and 
keep the soil well mulched 
with leaves for one or two 
years, adding a little leaf-mold 
to the soil. A colony of this 
seen growing in the wild, 
climbing the low bushes, is a 
beautiful sight and not often 
seen, as the plant is rather 
rare or local. 25 cts. 
32 ONOCLEA sensibilis (Sensitive 
Fern). A foot high. Wet 
places, open sun or shade. It 
can be planted in quite wet 
places too wet for most other 
sorts, 1 foot apart, or it will 
thrive in moist soils. 10 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. 
33 0. Struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern). 
Fertile fronds about a foot 
high ; sterile fronds much 
larger, 2 to 4 feet high, 6 to 10 
inches wide, erect. A very 
handsome species. Graceful 
as a palm. One of the most 
satisfactory to grow ; its long, 
graceful fronds make a most 
effective background for 
smaller Ferns. Can be grown 
Dicksonia punctilobula 
