with early spring flowers and as the dominant ground-covering vegeta- 
tion along woodland paths; also an increasing appreciation of their quiet 
beauty. 
We can offer only a few: 
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Athyrium alpestre var. americana—the alpine lady-fern. This is not 
a common fern, being found only at high altitudes and there in small 
patches which can be seen at some distance because of the bright 
pale green of the upstanding fronds. The fronds are narrow, finely 
cut and from 8-24 in. long. In the garden it is extremely long-suffer- 
ing as to conditions. . $1.00. 
Dryopteris Goldiana—Goldie’s woodfern. This fern was named after 
John Goldie who first discovered it near Montreal in 1818. This is a 
robust species, one of the finest and the largest ferns of eastern U. 5S. 
The full grown frond may reach 2% ft. in height and 1 ft. in breadth. 
It is slightly narrower at the base than at the middle. The lower por- 
tion of the rachis is well covered with brown scales. $1.25. 
Dryopteris marginale—the evergreen woodfern. This is a very hand- 
some fern, somewhat blue-green in color; the fronds reaching 2 ft. 
form an elegant crown. This fern has been described as the nearest 
we have to a tree-fern in the temperate zone because old specimens. 
have a sort of “trunk” of 4-6 in. $1.50. 
Dryopteris oregana—the Sierra woodfern. This is a very elegant fern 
and most beautiful in its native country where it borders brooks and 
rills. The fronds easily reach 2 ft. and are narrow. They are pale but 
lively green. It creeps as it grows and in the garden does well enough 
with little water. 75c. 
Onoclea sensibilis—the sensitive fern. This fern grows from a creep- 
ing rootstock which sends up along its length coarse open sterile 
fronds of several patterns up to 30 in. in length. The ‘fruiting’ fronds 
are only half this height; the spores are contained in roundish bodies 
that make these fertile leaves appear very unlike the vegetative parts. © 
It is called the sensitive fern because when it is picked it soon folds 
together somewhat like the movements that occur in the sensitive 
plant. 75c. 
Osmunda cinnamomea—the cinnamon fern. This grows from a creep- 
ing rootstock and under the most promising conditions of climate, 
soil and moisture the sterile fronds may become well over 3 ft. The 
fertile fronds appear as short stiff cinnamon-colored plumes “ine 
wither soon. $1.50. 
Osmunda interrupta (Syn. O. Claytonia.)—the interrupted fern. This 
is very similar to the above except that it has no fertile frond. The 
brownish “fruits” appear at intervals on the frond, interrupting the 
green sterile pinnae—hence its name. $1.25. 
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