. Our ferns in their haunts [microform] : a guide to all the native species. Ferns; Fougères. LADY FKRN. THE LADY FERN AND ITS KIN. shady woodland at any time of year might decide us in favour t)f some wood fern. But the matter can not be regarded as decided until the claims of the lady fern {Athyrium filix-foem- inn) have been considered. While it may not be the most abundant in any one locality, its wide range of habitat from deep woodlands to open swamps, stony pastures and dusty roadsides gives it a larger representation than one would at first imagine. In any even
. Our ferns in their haunts [microform] : a guide to all the native species. Ferns; Fougères. LADY FKRN. THE LADY FERN AND ITS KIN. shady woodland at any time of year might decide us in favour t)f some wood fern. But the matter can not be regarded as decided until the claims of the lady fern {Athyrium filix-foem- inn) have been considered. While it may not be the most abundant in any one locality, its wide range of habitat from deep woodlands to open swamps, stony pastures and dusty roadsides gives it a larger representation than one would at first imagine. In any event it is always common enough to be found by the young collector and attrac- tive enough to be worth the finding. Although a pretty and decorative species, the lady fern seems scarcely to deserve all that the poets have said of it. it is barely possible that much of this praise is due to the fact that the poet seldom feels sure of his species, owing to a defect in his botanical education, and so the few he does know come in for all the credit. Scott's four lines. "Where the copse-wood is the greenest, Where the fountain glistens sheenest, Where the mountain dew lies longest. There tiie lady fern is ; have been quoted in every fern book since they were written, which must be our excuse for in- cluding them. Less familiar are the fairly descriptive lines by Edwin Lees of which three stanzas are here 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 N. (Willard Nelson), 1869-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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