. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. Fiiiitiiii; Iinii I <tt M nilenlijir The maidenhair has a sii|)erficia] reseinhhiiice to themeadow rue, which also siieds water, lint il may lie knownat once by its black, shinint; stalks with their di\isions alll)orne on one side. It is indeed a most delicate fern,known and admired liy every one. The term maidenhairmay haT,e been sugt^ested liy the black, ^^ iry roots throwingfrom tlie slender rootstock, or by the dark, polished stems,or, as Clute explains it, because the black roots, like hair,were , a
. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. Fiiiitiiii; Iinii I <tt M nilenlijir The maidenhair has a sii|)erficia] reseinhhiiice to themeadow rue, which also siieds water, lint il may lie knownat once by its black, shinint; stalks with their di\isions alll)orne on one side. It is indeed a most delicate fern,known and admired liy every one. The term maidenhairmay haT,e been sugt^ested liy the black, ^^ iry roots throwingfrom tlie slender rootstock, or by the dark, polished stems,or, as Clute explains it, because the black roots, like hair,were , aceordinj; to the doctrine of siffnatures tobe ffQod for falling hair, and the ])lant was actually used inthe .syrup of capillaire* (Am. ISotanist, Xo\eniber, 1021).While the maidenhair is not \-ery common, it is widely dis- * It may he stateil that capillaire syrup l)(l(.,s the use Iiereiucticateil was liigiily esteemed as a i)eetnral tor the relief of ^ 1^
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