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Edward Gilleit, Southwick, Mass.—Hardy Ferns 
Aspidium cristatum var. Cliiitonianum (see page 4) 
Aspidium Noveboracense, con¬ 
tinued. 
in moist, shady woods, 
with fronds 3 to 4 inches 
wide. Pale green. Fine 
for massing. Plant 9 inches 
a])art. Cov’er an inch or so. 
1.5 cts. each. $1.2.5 per doz. 
11 A. spinulosum (Spinulose 
Wood Fern). ® A very 
pretty evergreen species, 
about 1.5 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 
I)lanlcd. It does quite well 
in the Fern-bed planted 
well back. Plant 18 inches 
apart, with the new buds 
aoove ground. 20 cts. 
each, $1.-50 per doz. 
12 A. spinulosum, var. dilata- 
turn, m Similar to A. 
spinulosum. but with 
• broader fronds. This is 
usually found in moist, 
cool, siiaded jdaces 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 
I 5SS ^ 
i. 
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1 2 3 4 5 6 
1. Phegopteris lu'xagonoptera, 4. .\splenium angiKstifoliurn 
2. Cystoptens biilbifera . 5 . Dicksonia punctilobiila 
3. Aspulium enstatum 6. Aspulium Noveboracense 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants 
