Shield or Wood Fern

Shield or Wood Fern (Aspidium) - This family now embraces the Polystichum and some species of Lastrea. There are numerous hardy kinds, among them the Male Fern (A. Filixmas) and the Prickly Shield Fern. Either alone or in groups they have a fine effect, as an undergrowth to trees in the pleasure garden or in the shadier parts of the garden, and are evergreen. There are no fewer than a hundred named sorts of A. aculeatum and fifty of A. Filixmas being enumerated in trade lists. The smaller and more delicate kinds require some care. A. aculeatum is best in rich loam, with sand and leaf-mould, well-drained, and so does the Male Fern. The border Ferns of this group give fine cool effects in rightly chosen spots in and near the flower garden.

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