. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. j HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS / yPHIl^)EIML\Ik. The Hardy Lace Fern—Polystichum Angulare Eupatorium (Mist-flower) Ageratoides (Thorough wort). A useful border plant of strong, free growth, 3 to 31 feet high, with minute white flowers in dense heads; splendid for cutting. August and September. Coelestinum. A pretty hardy plant, with light blue flowers similar to the Ageratum; in flower from August until frost. 18 to 24 inches. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Choice Hardy Ferns Suitable positions for Hardy Ferns are to be found
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. j HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS / yPHIl^)EIML\Ik. The Hardy Lace Fern—Polystichum Angulare Eupatorium (Mist-flower) Ageratoides (Thorough wort). A useful border plant of strong, free growth, 3 to 31 feet high, with minute white flowers in dense heads; splendid for cutting. August and September. Coelestinum. A pretty hardy plant, with light blue flowers similar to the Ageratum; in flower from August until frost. 18 to 24 inches. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Choice Hardy Ferns Suitable positions for Hardy Ferns are to be found in almost every garden. With few exceptions they do best in a shady or semi-shady position in rich well-drained' soil where they can be liberally supplied with water during dry weather. Where the soil is stiff or clayey, incorporate a liberal quantity of leaf-mould, peat or other loose material to make it friable. We give after each variety the average height of growth. Aspidium Acrostichoides (Wood Fern). 12 in. — Marginale {Evergreen Wood Fern). 12 to 24 in. — Goldieanum (Shield Fern). 24 to 36 in. — Spinulosum (Spinulose Wood Fern). 12 to 15 in. Asplenium Filix-foemina (Lady Fern). 12 to 15 in. Asplenium Thelypteroides (Silvery Spleenwort). 24 to 26 in. Dicksonia Punctilobula (Gossamer Fern). 24 to 36 in. Onoclea SensibiliS (Sensitive Fern). 12 to 24 in. — Struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern). 24 to 36 in. Osmunda Claytonia (Interrupted Fern). 24 in. 50 cts. each. — Cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern). 24 in. 50 cts. each. — Regalis (Royal or Flowering Fern). 24 to 36 in. 50 cts. each. Price. Any of the above, except where noted, 30 cts. each.; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Set of 12 sorts for $ THE HARDY LACE FERN Polystichum Angulare With careful protection, covering with a liberal amount of leaves in the winter, this graceful variety illustrated at the top of this page will prove hardy as far north as Philadelphia. The fronds are from 18 to 24 inches long by 21 to 3
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