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in quite dry or moist soil if the drainage is good. Easily grown. 10 cents 
each, $1 per dozen. 
LYCOPODIUM lucidlllllin (Shining Club Moss)— A pretty little ever- 
green, 3 to 8 inches high. Leaves % inch long, growing thickly along the 
stalk. Moist soil. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
LYGODIUM palmatiini (Climbing Fern) — Grows 1 to 3 feet high. Stalk 
slender and twining, from a slender running root-stalk. I can supply extra line 
plants of this, nursery grown. 25 cents each, $2 per dozen. 
0N0CLEA sensibilis (Sensitive Fern) — 1 to 2 feet. Wet places, open 
sun or shade. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
Struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern) — Fertile fronds about a foot high; sterile fronds 
much larger, 1 to 5 .feet high, 0 to 10 inches wide, erect. A very handsome spe¬ 
cies. Graceful as a palm on the lawn in open sun. 25 cents each, $1.50 per 
dozen. 
0PHI0GL0SSUM vulgatllin (Adder’s Tongue Fern) — A single leaf from 
yellow fibrous roots, bearing at the top a singular spike of fruit or spores. 
Wet places. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
0SMUNDA rCJJttliS (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 (> 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/E A alropurpurea—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 G inches high. Desirable for the rock garden. 
.25 cents each, $1.75 per dozen. 
PHEG0PTEKIS (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 —A good fern for the shady corner, 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. 
POLY PODIUM vulirare —One of the best evergreen species for rock work. 
Grows 4 to 10 inches high, forming dense mats. Generally found on half shaded 
rocks, often covering them. 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. 
SELAGINELLA riipestris —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 line groundwork for small flowering plants. 10 cents 
each, $1 per dozen. 
W00DSIA Uvensis— Th is little fern often chooses for its home the exposed 
rocks on tops of mountains, forming little tufts and forcing its roots down into 
the crevices. 20 years ago 1 saw it in masses, in a beautiful garden, on the 
grounds where Mt. Tom house now stands in Holyoke, Mass., 1200 feet above 
the sea. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
obtusa—Grows from C> to 12 inches high, with fronds 3 to 4 inches wide. Found 
on rocky banks and cliffs. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
See Special Oollections of Ferns on Next Page. 
