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Edirard Gillett, Soutkwick, Mass. — Hardy Ferns 
Aspidium Noveboracense, continued. 
in moist, shady woods, with fronds 3 to 4 inches wide. Pale green. Fine for massing. 
Plant 9 inches apart. Cover an inch or so. 15 cts. each. $1.25 per doz. 
11 A. spinulosum (Spinulose Wood Fern). m 
A very pretty evergreen species, about 15 
inches high, with finely dissected fronds about 
4 inches wide. Quite a prominent Fern in 
moist woods and on shaded banks, where it 
becomes easily established when planted. 
It does quite well in the Fern-bed planted well 
back. Plant IS inches apart, with the new 
buds above ground. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per 
doz. 
12 A. spinulosum, var. dilatatum. m Similar to 
A. spinulosum, but with broader fronds. 
This is usually found in moist, cool, shaded 
places in beds of leaf-mold well toward the top 
of our higher mountains. Give it an abundance 
of this black wood dirt in planting in the 
bed. 18 inches apart; same as above. 20 
cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
13 A. Thelypteris (Marsh Shield Fern.) ® A 
foot high, with fronds about 2^ inches wide. 
We see this growing wild in large beds where 
it is quite wet, in open, sunny places. It can be cultivated in moist, open places, 
and is benefited by adding leaf-mold. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
14 ASPLENIUM angustifolium (Narrow-leaved Spleenwort). m A charming Fern, with 
light green, graceful fronds. Do not miss it in making up your list. Grows 1 to 3 
feet high, with simply divided fronds; these divisions are 3 to 4 inches long. Its 
home is in rich, shaded places, where it is quite moist. It takes quite kindly to culti¬ 
vation m the Fern-bed. Set well back, about 18 inches apart. 25 cts. each, $2.00 
per doz. See cut. 
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1. PhoRopteris hoxuRonoptera 
2. Cystopteri.s bulbifoni 
3. .t.spidiuni cristatum 
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4. Aspicnium anRustifolium 
o. Dioksonia punctilobula 
b. Aspidium Noveboracen.se 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants, 
