. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 152 Catalogue of Reading Nursery, Mass.—J. W. Manning, Proprietor. fiard^ Perns. £ OWHERE among hardy plants can more delicately cut foliage of graceful and varied form and in more beautitul shades of green be found than among Hardy Ferns. ^1 As a class they are o
. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 152 Catalogue of Reading Nursery, Mass.—J. W. Manning, Proprietor. fiard^ Perns. £ OWHERE among hardy plants can more delicately cut foliage of graceful and varied form and in more beautitul shades of green be found than among Hardy Ferns. ^1 As a class they are of the easiest possible culture, only requiring such special treatment S ' as may be necessary in view of their varied habits. The shade and moisture loving species " are to be treated separately from those that thrive in sunny or exposed situations, and a little care in the preparation of the soil will enable any one to successfully cultivate them. Ferns naturally love a soil well enriched with leaf-mould, and a careful addition of this to com- mon garden soils is in many cases the only special preparation required. In the case of the moisture-loving species, however, it is usually necessary to add peat where possible, and provide moisture free from stagnancy. Watering is often very necessary in unusually dry seasons. For embellishing shady spots where few other things are able to succeed, and where the soil is not robbed by the roots of trees, Ferns will give most gratifying results; then, again, they are very useful to clothe the ground under deep-rooting trees, while in the rockery they are quite indispensable to give variety of foliage and sub-tropical effect. In the flower border an occasional group of the sun-loving species often gives a desirable vari- ety of foliage, and at the edge of the shrub- bery they can be grouped to great advantage. * Varieties adapted for open border culti- vation, f Varieties requiring a shady situa- tion. || Varieties requiring moist,
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