. Hardy ferns and flowers, shrubs, roses, Nursery stock Massachusetts Southwick Catalogs; Perennials Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Ferns Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SOUTHWICK, MASS., U. S. A. 19 in Sphagnum Moss and wet places in leaf mould. Flowers rose colored or white. Stalk 4 to 10 inches high. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen. SPIRANTHES Cerillia (Ladies' Tresses)—Grows 6 to 20 inches high. Leafy below, bearing at the summit a dense spike of white flowers. 10 cents each, $ per dozen, gracilis—10 cents each, $1 per dozen. TIPULARIA (liSCOlOl*—From a solid bulb, which throws up


. Hardy ferns and flowers, shrubs, roses, Nursery stock Massachusetts Southwick Catalogs; Perennials Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Ferns Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SOUTHWICK, MASS., U. S. A. 19 in Sphagnum Moss and wet places in leaf mould. Flowers rose colored or white. Stalk 4 to 10 inches high. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen. SPIRANTHES Cerillia (Ladies' Tresses)—Grows 6 to 20 inches high. Leafy below, bearing at the summit a dense spike of white flowers. 10 cents each, $ per dozen, gracilis—10 cents each, $1 per dozen. TIPULARIA (liSCOlOl*—From a solid bulb, which throws up in autumn a single leaf, remaining on through the winter like Calpyso and Aplectrum, and in summer throws up a flower stalk 6 to 12 inches, along which grow many small greenish flowers. 15 cents each, $ per dozen. Our* Hardy JF^em^. Our Hardy Ferns fill a place in our North American flora that is worthy of our careful study. Nature is very generous in her planting, and we find every wooded dell decked with these graceful, flowerless gems. They are so easily handled, require so little care, and give such general satisfaction, that we cannot well do without them. There is such a great variety from which to select that wTe are sure to find some of the number just fitted for the flowerless nook or shaded bank, that could not readily be brightened with other plants, or they can be made to add a charm to the bed or bank of flowers; and many dreary places shut out from the sunlight can be made brighter by a clump of ferns. Most of the following are of very easy culture and hardy in New England. As a rule they delight in a shady situation, yet a few are adapted for open sunlight. ADIANTUM pedatlim (Maiden Hair)—One of the prettiest. It grows about a foot high, in rich shades, bearing at the sum- mit a forked frond composed of slender spreading divir sions. Clumps 20 cents each, $ per dozen clumps. ASPIDIUM acrosticlioides— An evergreen species, about a foot high, w


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