. Our ferns in their haunts [microform] : a guide to all the native species. Ferns; Fougères. THE LADY FBKN AND ITS KIN. '»' « When in splendour and beauty all nature is crowned The fern is seen curling, half hid in the ground, But of all the green brackens that rise by the bum. Commend me alone to the sweet lady fern. By the fountain I see her just spring into sight. Her texture as frail as though shivering with fright; To the water she shrinks. I can scarcely discern In the deep humid shadows the soft lady fern. Where the water is pouring, forever she sits And beside her the Ouzel, the Kingf
. Our ferns in their haunts [microform] : a guide to all the native species. Ferns; Fougères. THE LADY FBKN AND ITS KIN. '»' « When in splendour and beauty all nature is crowned The fern is seen curling, half hid in the ground, But of all the green brackens that rise by the bum. Commend me alone to the sweet lady fern. By the fountain I see her just spring into sight. Her texture as frail as though shivering with fright; To the water she shrinks. I can scarcely discern In the deep humid shadows the soft lady fern. Where the water is pouring, forever she sits And beside her the Ouzel, the Kingfisher Hits; There supreme in her beauty, beside the full urn ^ In the shade of the rock, stands the tall lady fern. The following lines from Howitt were sent to the author by a lady who suggests that the last may have been intended as a hint to those vandals who dd-ght to uproot and carry away all they can find of a rare plant, simply because it is rare. "And when thou art in lonely glen. Keep by the running burn. And do not pluck the strawberry flower Nor break the lady ; In my opinion the most quaint and descriptive poem upon. Pinna of variety natnm. A common lorm. this species is the one by Calder Campbell, parts of which preface this chapter. • ...i„ tuff; The fronds of the lady fern spnng m circular tufts from a large horizontal rootstock and often reach a. 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 N. (Willard Nelson), 1869-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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