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EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASS., U. S. A. 
OSMUNDA cin namomea (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 beau¬ 
tiful. 25c. each, $2 per doz. 
Pellaea gracilis. A delicate little 
Fern, 3 to 6 inches high. 
Desirable for the rock gar¬ 
den. 25 cts. each, $1.75 
per doz. 
PHEGOPTERIS (Beech Fern).— 
P. Dryopteris. Has triangu¬ 
lar fronds 3 to 5 inches wide, 
once or twice divided. A 
delicate and pretty Fern 
In shades. 15 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
P. hexagonoptera. A good 
Fern for the shady corner, 
7 to 12 inches wide, broader 
than long. 10 cts. each, $1 
per doz. 
P. polypodoides. Fronds 
smaller and darker green 
than in the last. Rock gar¬ 
den or any garden soil in 
shade. Easily cultivated. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
POLYPODIUM vulgare. One of the best evergreen species for rockwork. Grows 4 
to 10 inches high, forming dense mats. Generally found on half shaded rocks, 
often covering them. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
P. falcatum. A species from Oregon, about the same size as the last, but more 
graceful. Same situation. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
SELAGINELLA rupestris. A little, low, moss-like plant, 1 to 3 inches high, growing 
in little tufts, grayish green in color. Grows on exposed rocks. 15 cts. each, 
$1.20 per doz. 
S. apus. A pretty little creeper, with fine scale-like leaves. Desirable for a moist 
situation, and 
makes a fine 
groundwork for 
small flowering 
plants, ioc. each, 
$1 per doz. 
WOODS I A llvensis. 
This little Fern 
often chooses for 
its home the ex¬ 
posed rocks on tops 
of mountains, 
forming little tufts 
and forcing i t s 
roots down into the 
crevices. Twenty 
years ago I saw it 
in masses, in a 
beautiful garden, 
on the grounds 
where Mt. Tom 
House now stands 
in Holyoke, Mass., 
1,200 feet above 
the sea. 20 cts. 
ea , $1 25 per doz. 
'Osmuvda Claytoniana. (See page 3 .) 
