HARDY FERNS, FLOWERS, SHRUBS, ROSES, ETC. 
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CHEILANTHES vestita. A beautiful little evergreen Fern, found in reeky places south¬ 
ward. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
CRYPTOGRAMME acrostichoides. A small Fern about 8 inches high. A native of 
the Pacific coast. Does quite well 
in the rock-garden. 20 cts. 
CYSTOPTERIS bulbifera (Bladder 
Fern). Fronds 1 to 2 feet long, 
narrow and slender. Light green 
in color, and quite graceful. Grows 
best in shades. This makes a good 
plant for the fern basket. 10 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. 
C. fragilis. Smaller, 4 to 8 inches 
high ; fronds 2 or 3 times divided. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
DICKSON IA punctilobula. Grows 2 or 3 feet high. 
Fronds pale green, very thin, with strong stalks 
from a slender, creeping rootstock. A promi¬ 
nent 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. Easily grown. 10 cts. 
each, $1 per doz. 
Dieks011ia pit11ctilobula 
LYCOPODIUM lucidulum (Shining Club Moss). 
A pretty little evergreen, 3 to 8 inches high. Leaves x / 2 inch long, growing thickly 
along the stalk. Moist soil. 
20 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.. 
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LYGODIUM palmatum (Climb' 
ing Fern ). Grows 1 to 3 feet 
high. Stalk slender and twin¬ 
ing, from a slender running 
root-stock. 25 cts. 
ONOCLEA sensibilis (Sensitive 
Fern ). 1 to 2 feet high. Wet 
places, open sun or shade. 
10 cts., each, $1 per doz. 
0. Struthiopteris (Ostrich 
Fern). Fertile fronds about 
a foot high ; sterile fronds 
much larger. 1 to 5 feet high, 
6 to 10 inches wide, erect. 
A very handsome species. 
Graceful as a palm on the 
lawn in open sun. 25 cts. 
each, Si.50 per doz. 
OPHIOGLOSSUM vulgatum 
(Adder’s Tongue Fern). A 
single leaf from yellow fi¬ 
brous roots, bearing at the 
top a singular spike of fruit 
or spores. Wet places. 10c. 
each, Si per doz. 
OSMUNDA regalis (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 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
0. Claytoniana. Is clothed with loose wool when unfold¬ 
ing its fronds in spring, soon becoming perfectly 
smooth. A group of these “ white croziers ” is shown 
on page 4. A hardy Fern, 2 to 3 feet in height, 
fronds about 6 inches wide. 25 cts each, $2 per doz. 
