. The book of water gardening; giving in full detail all the practical information necessary to the selection, grouping and successful cultivation of aquatic and other plants required in the making of a water garden and its surroundings, and covering all conditions from that of the amateur with a few plants in tubs to the large estate or park. Water gardens. THE BOOK OF WATER GARDENING Polypodium vulgare is a dainty evergreen Fern, well suited for covering rocks. It grows in dense mats from four to ten inches high. It should have a partially shady position. If planted in the open it should be
. The book of water gardening; giving in full detail all the practical information necessary to the selection, grouping and successful cultivation of aquatic and other plants required in the making of a water garden and its surroundings, and covering all conditions from that of the amateur with a few plants in tubs to the large estate or park. Water gardens. THE BOOK OF WATER GARDENING Polypodium vulgare is a dainty evergreen Fern, well suited for covering rocks. It grows in dense mats from four to ten inches high. It should have a partially shady position. If planted in the open it should be placed where it will be well supplied with moisture. Polystichum acrostichoides—Aspidium acrostichoides (Christmas Fern) is an evergreen Fern, growing from eight to eighteen inches high with deep green fronds simply divided. It does best in a well-drained, shady position. Pteris aquilina is the common Brake or Bracken, a large showy Fern, grow- ing two to three feet in height, with large triangular fronds. It likes a damp position in sun or shade. Woodwardia areolata—syn. W. angustifolia (Chain Fern) grows from nine to twelve inches high, and has fronds three to four inches wide. It likes a wet swampy soil. Woodwardia Virginica grows from eighteen inches to two feet in height; the fronds are from three to five inches wide. This fern also will thrive in wet No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 1—Woodwardia areolata (W. angustifolia). sterile and fertile fronds (Chain Fern). No. 2—Woodwardia Virginica (Virginia Chain Fern.) No. 3—Asplenium angustifoliura. No. 4—Asplenium filix foeroina i78]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bisset, Peter, 1869-. New York : A. T. De La Mare printing and Pub. Co. , ltd.
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