. How to know the ferns [microform] : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common ferns. Ferns; Fougères. KE ND GROUP VI '"'â ''" AND fronds leaf-like AM> LSHALLV SLMILAK ; FRUrr-DOTS ROLND ^N inches to somewhat ng, usually reach the 1, half-way irgin ; in- le Poly- ibiindant is not noticed n people e across 5 woods he ioad- the plant icculiarly irni aris- n its vig- freshness outh and Liranee of ge, partly i odd out- id partly usual en- nit, which entitles it to a more ready and universal recog- nition. "The cheerful coninumity of the polypody,"
. How to know the ferns [microform] : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common ferns. Ferns; Fougères. KE ND GROUP VI '"'â ''" AND fronds leaf-like AM> LSHALLV SLMILAK ; FRUrr-DOTS ROLND ^N inches to somewhat ng, usually reach the 1, half-way irgin ; in- le Poly- ibiindant is not noticed n people e across 5 woods he ioad- the plant icculiarly irni aris- n its vig- freshness outh and Liranee of ge, partly i odd out- id partly usual en- nit, which entitles it to a more ready and universal recog- nition. "The cheerful coninumity of the polypody," as Thoreau calls it, thrives best on tlie flat 'surfaces of rocks. I recall I he base of certain great cliffs where the rocky fragments, looking as though hurled from above by playful giants, are thickly covered with these plants, their rich folingc softening into beauty otherwise rugged outlines Usually the plant is found in somewhat shaded places. Occasionally it gi-ovvson the trunks of trees and on fallen logs, as well 3 on rocks and cliffs. A few weeks ag(j I found its fronds prettily curtaining the clev- erly hidden nest of a pair of black and white creei)ers. It is with good reason that these birds are noted for their skill in concealiu"- their dwelling-place. This sj)ecial afternoon, when persuaded bv their nervous chirps and fUitterings about the rocky perch where I was sitting that the young ones were close by, I began an investigation of my precipitous and very slippery surroundings which was not rewarded for an hour or more. Not till 1 had climbed several feet over the side of the cliff to a narrow shelf below, broken through a thicket of blueberries, and pushed aside the tufts of l^)lvpody which hid the entrance to the dark crevice in the rocks beyond, did I discover the little nest holding the baby creepers. 1S5. Tip of fprtile frond. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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