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Polystichum Andersonii. A rare western fern that proliferates. 50 - 75c. 
P, viviparum. An exceedingly lacy fern, more or less covered with rusty 
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scales; rather exotic looking in our garden; nice beside a pool. 50c. 
Woodwardia radicans. Giant chain fern; 2-5 ft. Coarse but very hand- 
some; almost evergreen. 75c - $1.50. 
PRIMULACEAE 
Primulaceae is a great family of 28 genera and over 300 species, most- 
ly herbaceous with fleshy roots and many of them adornments to our 
gardens. 
An attempt has been made to get together primroses that will do 
something for our gardens and do it without impossible pother. Of 
some of the rarer ones I have only very few. 
An interesting point to observe in primroses of acaulis and polyan- 
thus types and auricuals as well is whether they are thrum-eyed 
(stamens longer than the pistil) or whether they are pin-eyed (stamens 
shorter than the pistil). In England at shows the former commands 
extra points. 
Androsaces, the rock jasmines, are high alpine plants; those listed 
are not diffiicult, preferring sun, well-drained moldy soil, warm walls. 
Androsace ciliata. Pyrenees. Neat rosettes of blunt leaves, eye-lashed 
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on margins. Short-stemmed flowers in heads, clear pink. 50c. 
lanuginosa. Prostrate curtains of silvery foliage and umbels of soft 
rose-mauve flowers with yellow eyes. From summer till late fall. It 
offers far more than its money’s worth. 25c. 
. obtusifolia. A tight tuft of narrow pointed hairless leaves; 4-6 in. 
stems bear rose-red flowers. 40c. 
- sarmentosa. Silky rosettes held together by thread-like branches, 
rounded clusters of velvety rose flowers, 25c. 
s. Chumbyi. Supposed to be an improvement; very similar. 25c. 
s. Watkinsii. Similar with richer flowers. 50c. 
- sempervivoides. Almost hairless rosettes; flowers rose-pink. 50c. 
. yunnanense. Compact; with flowers of bright pink. 50c. 
The hardy cyclamens are not nearly so common in our gardens as 
they deserve to be. The foliage is very beautiful in texture, shape and 
color, many are somewhat marbled. The white or pink or crimson 
flowers are exquisite. They like woodsy soil and the shade of over- 
hanging branches. They seed themselves but the tiny corms are 
easily cultivated out of existence. 
malay ped 
