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EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHW1CK, MASS., U. S. A. 
ASPIDIUM marginale. One of our prettiest evergreen species. Fronds i to 2 feet in 
length, 3 to 5 inches wide, thickish, and of a deep green color. It delights in rich 
shady hillsides, yet it thrives in ray garden with Maidenhair and other kinds. 
15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
A. Noveboracense. A slender spe¬ 
cies about a foot high, in moist, 
shady woods, with fronds 3 to 4 
inches wide. Pale green, delicate 
and membranaceous. 15 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
A. spinulosum. A very pretty 
evergreen species, about 15 inches 
high, with finely dissected fronds 
about 4 inches wide. It is easily 
grown in a moist, shady location. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
A. spinulosum, var. dilatatum. 
Similar to the above, but with 
broader fronds. 25 cts. each, $2 
per doz. 
A. Thelypteris. A foot high, with 
fronds about 7.V2 inches wide. 
Well adapted for boggy places 
where it is quite wet. 15 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. 
ASPLENIUM a ngustifo I i u m . A charming Fern with light green and 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. Rich, moist shades. 20 cts. each, 
Si.25 per doz. 
A. ebeneum. Usually 6 to 15 inches high. Found growing among the rocks and 
along cliffs, in dry, rather sunny places. Suited for rockwork. 10c. ea., $1 per doz. 
A. Felix-foemlna A large handsome Fern with finely cut foliage. Plant in moist 
place in sun or shade. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
A- thelypteroides. Fronds 2 to 3 feet high by 6 inches wide. In moist shades. 15 
cts. each, $1 per doz. 
A. Trichomanes. A delicate little Fern, with narrow fronds 3 to 6 inches long. This, 
although found up among the cliff's, adapts itself to the small rockery, where it does 
exceedingly well. Clumps. 15 cts. each, $1.20 per doz. 
BOTRYCHIUM Virgi nicum (Moonwort). Tall and ample, divided into two segments 
above the middle, one of which is erect, bearing the fruit ; the other spreading, 
triangular, membranaceous and 
much divided. Shades. 15 cts. 
each, fi.25 per doz. 
B. ternatum. 6 to 12 inches 
high. Fronds evergreen, some¬ 
what resembling the preceding, 
but smaller and less divided. 
Open sun. 10 cts. each, $1 
per doz. 
CAMPTOSORUS rhizophyllus 
(Walking Leaf). A little low- 
creeping Fern with evergreen 
fronds, 4 to 9 inches long, grow¬ 
ing 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 grow¬ 
ing naturally on shaded, cal¬ 
careous rocks. Interesting and 
quite easy to grow in the rock 
garden. 10c. each, $1 per doz. 
Aspidium acrostichoides. (See page 1.) 
