. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE WOODSIAS. HE fern collector who lives in a region abounding in shaded ledges of limestone may count himself fortunate, since it is in such places that the families of rock-loving ferns attain their best development. Rocks of any kind, however, unless per- fectly dry and exposed to the full sunshine, have strong at- tractions for ferns and even the sunny cliffs are not always un- tenanted, so that all are worth searching. Explorations of this kind are among the most pleasant phases of botanizing. There is such an attract
. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE WOODSIAS. HE fern collector who lives in a region abounding in shaded ledges of limestone may count himself fortunate, since it is in such places that the families of rock-loving ferns attain their best development. Rocks of any kind, however, unless per- fectly dry and exposed to the full sunshine, have strong at- tractions for ferns and even the sunny cliffs are not always un- tenanted, so that all are worth searching. Explorations of this kind are among the most pleasant phases of botanizing. There is such an attractive element of chance in it. It is possible that we may find only common species, but it is also possible that the next turn in the cliffs or a climb to a higher ledge may bring to our hand some rare and graceful denizen of the rocks for which we have long been The Rusty Woodsia. An interesting little member of one of these rock- loving families is the rusty woodsia (Woodsia Ilvensis). In its chosen haunts it has few companions and no com-. 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 Clute, Willard Nelson, b. 1869. New York, F. A. Stokes Co
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