. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. ong with the ostrich fern it makesa most excellent combination in a fern border. \ar. .Vliouticum, or Alpine Maidenhair. A beautifulnorthern form especially aliundant on the high tal)lelandof the (ias])e Peninsula, Quebec, where it is said to co^?erhundreds of acres. In the east it is often dwarfed - sixto ten inches high, growing in tufts with stout rootstocks,having the pinnules finely toothed instead of rounded andthe indusia often lunate, rarely twice as long as broad.(Feruald in Nlioilora, Nov(Muber, 100.).) Als

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. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. ong with the ostrich fern it makesa most excellent combination in a fern border. \ar. .Vliouticum, or Alpine Maidenhair. A beautifulnorthern form especially aliundant on the high tal)lelandof the (ias])e Peninsula, Quebec, where it is said to co^?erhundreds of acres. In the east it is often dwarfed - sixto ten inches high, growing in tufts with stout rootstocks,having the pinnules finely toothed instead of rounded andthe indusia often lunate, rarely twice as long as broad.(Feruald in Nlioilora, Nov(Muber, 100.).) Also found innorthern ^\rmont, and to the northwestward. (2) The \enis-uaii{ Fern. AiUaniiim CajnUu.^-leuvris Fronds with a continuous main rachis, ovate-lanceolate,twice pinnate lielow. rinnulcs fan-shaped on slender,black stalks, long, dee))ly and irregularly incised. \einsextending from tlie base of tlie ])inmdes like the ribs ofa fan. While our connnon maidenhair is a northern feiu, theVenus-hair Fern is confined to the southern states. It is The Ferx Lo\eks Compamon it.

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