. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. rather unreliahle. Possilily the suggestionof tlie ])oetic Da\-enport may be helpful to some thatthere is An indefinable charm about the various forms ofthe lady fern, which soon enables one to know it from its])eculiarly graceful motion by merely gently swaying afronil in tlie hand. Spores ripen in August. The lady fern is ^ ery easy to cultivate and when onceestablished is apt to crowd aside its neighbors. (3) SiLVEKY SPLEE^•^VOKT. AtHYEIU:M ACKOSTICnOIDES AspFcniiim acrusfichoidcs. .Isplcnium thch/plcrbides Fronds


. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. rather unreliahle. Possilily the suggestionof tlie ])oetic Da\-enport may be helpful to some thatthere is An indefinable charm about the various forms ofthe lady fern, which soon enables one to know it from its])eculiarly graceful motion by merely gently swaying afronil in tlie hand. Spores ripen in August. The lady fern is ^ ery easy to cultivate and when onceestablished is apt to crowd aside its neighbors. (3) SiLVEKY SPLEE^•^VOKT. AtHYEIU:M ACKOSTICnOIDES AspFcniiim acrusfichoidcs. .Isplcnium thch/plcrbides Fronds two to four feet tall, pinnate, tapering bothways from the middle. Pinna deeply ])innatifld, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Lofies olilong, obtuse, minutelytoothed, each bearing two rows of oblong or linear fruit-dots. Indusimn sihery when young. The sterile fronds come uj) first and the taller, fertileones do not appear until late in June. Where there areno fruit-dots tlie hairs on the ujjper surface of the frondsT\-ill help to distinguish it from specimens of the Marsh. Silvery Spleenwort. Athyrium acroslichoides 100 The Fern Lovers Companion


Size: 1051px × 2377px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookidcu3192400171, bookyear1922