HARDY FERNS OF NEW ENGLAND 
One of the most useful of all groups of plants, is that of the Hardy Ferns. Their value is 
being recognized more each year. There are many places which may be enhanced by their grace 
and beauty — the rockery, the woodland pathway, the brookside or border of the pond, or the 
north side of a building where nothing else will grow. Many places may be made more attractive 
by the addition of Ferns. 
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PRICES: 50¢ each. 10 or more of the same variety, 40¢ each. Write for special quantity prices. 
Adiantum pedatum — American Maidenhair. 
The slender, ivory black stems, crowned with in- 
describably beautiful spreading fronds, mingle with 
bloodroot, the baneberries, and Jack-in-the- Pulpit 
of the rich hardwoods. Try it with old fashioned 
bleedingheart. Two feet tall. 
Asplenium platyneuron — Ebony Spleenwort. 
Ebony stems slender and graceful, grow six to 
twelve inches tall among the moist shaded rocks or | 
glades in the woodland. Does well with sharp- 
lobed hepaticas. 
Asplenium trichomanes — Maidenhair Spleenwort. 
Daintiest of all, with clumps of slender fronds four 
to six inches tall, growing in clefts of the rocks. 
Must have some shade. 
Athyrium filixfemina — Lady Fern. 
Easiest fern to grow. Very graceful and grows in 
any good, humusy soil. Prefers light shade, but 
tolerates full sun in northern states. 2 to 3 feet. 
Botrychium virginianum — Rattlesnake Fern. 
From the dry, open woods. One to two feet. A 
single, spreading frond half the height of the fruit 
stalks. 
Camptosorus rhizophyllus — Walking Fern. 
An unusual fern from the limestone cliffs. <A 
clump of single fronds, four to ten inches long, 
which taper at the end and root from the tips. 
Must have plenty of shade. 
Cystopteris bulbifera — Berry Bladderfern. 
Graceful, slender fronds to three feet. A semi- 
prostrate species delighting in the companionship 
of small, tumbling brooks of the woodland, where 
they are moistened by the spray. 
Dennstedtia punctilobula — Hayscented Fern. 
For sun, or open shade. Graceful, twelve inch 
fronds which form dense mats, as this species 
spreads from the roots. Fragrant when crushed. 
Sold in small sods. 
Dryopteris disjuncta — Oak Fern. 
A tiny little four to six inch fellow, with triangular 
fronds. Continually sending up new fronds all 
summer and spreading from the roots. In moist 
woodland. 
Dryopteris goldiana — Goldie’s Fern. 
Rare. The largest of the woodferns, attaining four 
feet and being nearly evergreen. For rich, moist 
woods. $1.00 each. Only one to a customer. 
Dryopteris marginalis — Evergreen Woodfern. 
true evergreen frond, thick and dark green; 
twelve to eighteen inches long. One of the best 
woodferns. 
Dryopteris phegopteris — Narrow Beechfern. 
An eight-inch, heart shaped frond of the drier 
woods. Grows also with Oakfern in moister soil. 
Osmunda cinnamomea — Cinnamon Fern. 
In open or shaded bogs this attains four feet. Also 
grows in dry soil. Our most cosmopolitan species. 
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MAIDENHAIR FERNS 
Osmunda claytoniana — Interrupted Fern. 
Probably our largest species, in rich woods or bogs 
making nearly six feet. 
Osmunda regalis — Royal Fern. 
Unfolding fronds in the spring are almost wine- 
colored. Prized for its symmetry and broad, grace- 
ful fronds. Grows on moist, open hillsides and in 
shady bogs. Three to five feet. 
Polypodium vulgare — Common Polypody. 
Six to eight inches tall, it grows in mats on rocks 
and ledges. For shade. Evergreen. 
Polystichum acrostichoides — Christmas Fern. 
A true evergreen, with one to two-foot fronds. 
Succeeds in almost any rich woods soil. Does well 
among the rocks with maidenhair and evergreen 
woodfern, 
Pteritis nodulosa — Ostrich Fern. 
A giant fern that grows along the banks of streams 
and ponds. Of a graceful, plumy growth to six 
feet. Sun or shade. 
Woodsia ilvensis — Rusty Woodsia. 
At home in rock crevices in full sun. Pretty, 
woolly fronds four to eight inches tall. Often 
becomes dormant in August, defoliating in 
September. 
JAPANESE SILVER FERN 
Very rare, striking and hardy. Not native, but 
looks and grows as though it were. Grows eight 
to ten inches high, with bright silver fronds. 
Rich soil in shade. $1.00 each. Three for $2.50: 
Not over 3 to a customer. 
