Polypody Fern. Polypodium vulgare. A small ever- - 
green fern, used in indoor dishes. 3-6 in. Shade. 
Forms mats on rocks. 
Purple Cliff Brake. Pellaea atropurpurea. Leathery- 
leaved, long, slender, blue-green fronds. Prefers 
rock niches, especially limestone. Evergreen, at its 
best in winter. 4-10 in. long. Pinnules heart-shaped 
at base. 
Rattlesnake Fern. Botrychium virginianum. Occurs 
in dry, open woods. Triangular fronds, finely cut, 
delicate. 1-2 ft. tall. 
Royal Fern. Osmunda regalis. Either moist or dry 
sites, sun or shade, but best grown in partial 
shade, where some dampness. Graceful, wide 
spreading, 2-3 ft. tall. 
Sensitive Fern. Onoclea sensibilis. One of the easiest 
to grow, good cover for bare spots, 8-16 in., spreads 
rapidly. 
Spinulose Fern. Dryopteris spinulose. Medium size. 
Extensively used with cut flowers. Shade to par- 
tial shade. 
Spleenwort, Ebony. Asplenium SyAtSAea: Shaded 
rocks, especially limestone. Excellent for indoor 
dishes. Evergreen sterile fronds, 4-8 inches. Sun 
or shade. } 
*Spleenwort, Maidenhair. Asplenium trichomanes. 
Slender fronds, perhaps most dainty of all ferns, 
3-6 inches. Needs some shade, prefers rock niches, 
* especially limestone. Good dish plant if kept 
moist. 
Ternate Grape Fern. Botrychium obliquum. A smail 
meadow fern, likes damp to drier sites, has trian- 
gular fronds with a conspicuous fertile frond erect 
from center. 6-15 in. 
Walking Fern. Camptosorus rhizophyllus. Has a fas- 
cinating way of producing new plants by growing 
from the leaf tips. Some shade, prefers limestone 
rocks. 4-12 in. We send small piece of limestone 
with each plant, place under roots. 
Woodsia, Common, Blunt-Lobed Woodsia. Woodsia 
obtusa. Bright sun to partial shade. Usually occurs 
on rocks. 6-20 in. 
