caudatum—Western wild ginger.
shuttleworthi—Mottled wild ginger (native of Virginia and South).
CARE. Rich soil, moist. Shade or partial shade.
PROPAGATION. Division.
SPECIAL USES. Wild gardens, ground cover.
Asplenium Polypodiaceae Spleenwort (Fern)
Lilliputian, native evergreen fern with deeply cut fronds.
platyneuron—ebony sweetheart—Eight-inch feathery fronds with brownish-purple stems in tidy circles. (Needs acid soil.)
trichomanes—maidenhair spleenwort—Thick, closely clustered three-to five-inch fronds with crowds of little one-inch leaflets on black ribs. Plant it sideways, its roots in a rock crevice, with leaf mold and a touch of lime.
CARE. Soil acid or neutral according to variety. Leaf mold. Shade.