. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE CHRISTMAS AND HOLLY FERNS The variety incisnm is frequently found with the typical plants. It is distinguished by the deeply toothed pinnules and by the way in which the sori are borne. These are not confined entirely to the narrowed upper part of the frond, but continue downward on the tips of the other pinnae, growing fewer in number toward the base. In rich shady woods,one sometimes comes upon another form which is here named variety crispiim. In this there seems to be a super- abundance of tissue in the fronds and t
. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE CHRISTMAS AND HOLLY FERNS The variety incisnm is frequently found with the typical plants. It is distinguished by the deeply toothed pinnules and by the way in which the sori are borne. These are not confined entirely to the narrowed upper part of the frond, but continue downward on the tips of the other pinnae, growing fewer in number toward the base. In rich shady woods,one sometimes comes upon another form which is here named variety crispiim. In this there seems to be a super- abundance of tissue in the fronds and the pinnules are beautifully crisped and ruf- fled. It is by far the hand- somest of the common forms and does not lose its peculiar characteristics under culti- vation. Fronds are oc- casionally found with the pinnules again pin- nate. Owing to the endur- ing nature of the fronds, they have been exten- sively used in floral dec- orations in recent years, of them are now used in all our large cities. It is doubtless from this use of its fronds during the winter holidays that the plant derives its name of Christmas Millions annually Polysticltunt acrosiichoides incisuit. 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. New York, F. A. Stokes Co
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