. The essentials of botany. Botany. 202 BOTANY. sides. They are among the most 'beaTitiful of our land- plants, and their leaves furnish examples of a gracefulness of bearing and outline scarcely excelled in the vegetable kingdom. In temperate climates ferns are herbaceous, but in the tropics many possess a perennial woody stem which bears a crown of lieaves upon its summit. 425. The tissues of the True Ferns are well developed. The epidermis resembles that of the flowering Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for r
. The essentials of botany. Botany. 202 BOTANY. sides. They are among the most 'beaTitiful of our land- plants, and their leaves furnish examples of a gracefulness of bearing and outline scarcely excelled in the vegetable kingdom. In temperate climates ferns are herbaceous, but in the tropics many possess a perennial woody stem which bears a crown of lieaves upon its summit. 425. The tissues of the True Ferns are well developed. The epidermis resembles that of the flowering 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 Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915. New York, Holt
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