. How to know the ferns [microform] : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common ferns. Ferns; Fougères. which at 1 i m v s wear very li^^ht and delicate shades of ^reen. There is Moth ing-, liowever, specially fragile in the plant's a \) p e a r - ance, and one is strnck by the inapj).i)p^'• ateness ol its title. It is pr- hable that this arose from its sen^.Liv'e- ness to early frosts. Thoui^h one hesitates to dif- fer from Professor Eaton, who a/V/. described the fer- tile fronds as "near- ly black in color" and said that they were "not very common," and that
. How to know the ferns [microform] : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common ferns. Ferns; Fougères. which at 1 i m v s wear very li^^ht and delicate shades of ^reen. There is Moth ing-, liowever, specially fragile in the plant's a \) p e a r - ance, and one is strnck by the inapj).i)p^'• ateness ol its title. It is pr- hable that this arose from its sen^.Liv'e- ness to early frosts. Thoui^h one hesitates to dif- fer from Professor Eaton, who a/V/. described the fer- tile fronds as "near- ly black in color" and said that they were "not very common," and that a young botanist might "search in vain for them for a long time," my own experience has been that the fresh ones are Sensit 55 m. 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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