. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Plants; Plants -- United States. THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 57. may be the the variety "Ca/nbricum," and if not, they are certainly close to it. I found only these two fronds. They seem to be exceedingly rare. Although the sori of Polypodium vulgare are among the largest produced by any fern, yet I found them frequently of extraor- dinary size. Often I found them all destroyed by a small whitish worm, the larva of some bug or fly probably, which feeds on the sori, but leaves the fronds intact. Under favorable circum- ^^^- ^
. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Plants; Plants -- United States. THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 57. may be the the variety "Ca/nbricum," and if not, they are certainly close to it. I found only these two fronds. They seem to be exceedingly rare. Although the sori of Polypodium vulgare are among the largest produced by any fern, yet I found them frequently of extraor- dinary size. Often I found them all destroyed by a small whitish worm, the larva of some bug or fly probably, which feeds on the sori, but leaves the fronds intact. Under favorable circum- ^^^- ^- stances this species is a reg- ular "; I have often seen it growing on moss- covered old trees, quite a distance up, or in the crotches of such old trees, where a little humus and a la3^er of moss had accumulated. It is an evergreen species but it seems that not all fronds go unscathed through the vv-inter. Under the influence of a severe frost the younger fronds curl up sideways with pinnfe inverted and frequently die. Then the pinnae decay, the stipes fall down and next sum- mer out of the decaying dead stems a pretty little fungus arises, long stemmed, about two inches high, with a little yellowish pileus, with white lamella. I do not know its name, but I notice it always growing on the rotten stipes of last year's Polypodium vulgare. Griffins Corners, N. Y. THE JEWEL WEEDS. BY E. S. GILBERT. IN early spring, before all the old snow has gone and only the hardiest plants are beginning to appear—wild leeks, adder-tongues, claytonias and the like—while you see that the grass is greening at least in some places, you may find in damp rich soil along spring runs or near the. 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. Binghamton, N. Y. : Willard N. C
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