. 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 Dryopteris spinulosa, and is quite at home in a wet position. It grows from one to one and one-half feet high and has evergreen fronds. It should be planted in moist soil in a shady spot. Dryopteris cristatum is


. 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 Dryopteris spinulosa, and is quite at home in a wet position. It grows from one to one and one-half feet high and has evergreen fronds. It should be planted in moist soil in a shady spot. Dryopteris cristatum is found growing in wet, spongy soil in a shady place; it reaches to a foot in height, and has evergreen fronds. Dryopteris cristatum Clintoniannm is a larger and more showy Fern than the preceding; it also thrives in wet soil in a shady place, growing from two to three feet in DRYOPTERIS MARGINALIS-Rock Shield Fern Growing naturally in a fissure in the rocks Dryopteris Goldieana is one of the largest and strongest of the hardy Ferns; the fronds are from two to four feet in length, and twelve to eighteen inches wide. It likes a shady moist position. Dryopteris marginalis (Rock Shield Fern) is an evergreen Fern, with deep green fronds from one to two feet in length and from three to five inches in width. It likes a moist, shady place. In the accompanying illustration it is seen growing in a fissure of a rock with the common Polypody and the Christmas Fern for companions. Dryopteris Noveboracensis is a slender growing Fern, about twelve inches in [174]. 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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