. How to know the ferns [microform] : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common ferns. Ferns; Fougères. \ ..VI. a r c Icaf- 1 i k c be- low, and arc tipped above with tlieir llower-like fruit-elusters. Like ils kinsmen, the Royal Fern api)ears in INIay in our u^ct woods and fields. The delicate little croziers uncnrl with dainty grace, the [)hints wdiich grow in the oi)en among the yellow stars of the eaily crow-foot, and the white clus- ters of the spring cress being so tinged with red that they suffuse the meadows with warm color. Though one of our tallest ferns, with us it nev
. How to know the ferns [microform] : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common ferns. Ferns; Fougères. \ ..VI. a r c Icaf- 1 i k c be- low, and arc tipped above with tlieir llower-like fruit-elusters. Like ils kinsmen, the Royal Fern api)ears in INIay in our u^ct woods and fields. The delicate little croziers uncnrl with dainty grace, the [)hints wdiich grow in the oi)en among the yellow stars of the eaily crow-foot, and the white clus- ters of the spring cress being so tinged with red that they suffuse the meadows with warm color. Though one of our tallest ferns, with us it never reaches the ten or eleven feet with which it is credited in Great Britain. The tallest plants I have found fall short of six leet. Occasionally we see large tracts of land covered with mature plants that lack a foot or more of the two leet given as the minimum height. This tendency to 08 Royal Fern â I- i. 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 Dana, William Starr, Mrs. , 1861-1952. Toronto : Publishers' Syndicate
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