. Maple leaves, 1894 [microform] : Canadian history, literature, ornithology. Birds; Authors, Canadian; Oiseaux; Ecrivains canadiens. â 281 We learn that the taste for cultivating Ferns began at ]*erlin, about the year 1820 ; the Germans then can claim the honor of tirrt introducing them to ]irominent public notice. Leipsic, Vienna, lirussels, and subse- quently England followed suit, when Joh\i Smith, then curator of the Kew liotanic Gardens, soon gathered there a collection which had few equals. Canadian Ferns are noticeable for their gracefulness and diversity, not for their si/e,âlike some
. Maple leaves, 1894 [microform] : Canadian history, literature, ornithology. Birds; Authors, Canadian; Oiseaux; Ecrivains canadiens. â 281 We learn that the taste for cultivating Ferns began at ]*erlin, about the year 1820 ; the Germans then can claim the honor of tirrt introducing them to ]irominent public notice. Leipsic, Vienna, lirussels, and subse- quently England followed suit, when Joh\i Smith, then curator of the Kew liotanic Gardens, soon gathered there a collection which had few equals. Canadian Ferns are noticeable for their gracefulness and diversity, not for their si/e,âlike some of the gigantic Australian Tr(!e-Ferns. Not wishing to scare the young student by an array of jaw-breaking latin words, we will give the popular names of the lu-st known Canadian Ferns (Vom Paxton's Hand Book of Fernsâa small manual issued from the press of Middleton i^' Dawson, Quebec, in 18G8, by John Taxton, then gardener to Mrs. James Gibb, at Woodneld. ]. Adder's Tongue Fern. 23. Polypody, Common. ']. lii ''hcii. Common. 24. " Thiee-lirauchcd. 3. ^: Ider Feni, " 2'>. " Woodland. 4. " " Sleniler. 20. " Winged. 5. Beech '' 27. Kock Bmke, rurplo. 6. Buckler Fern, Terminal. 2S. " Slender. 7. " " Prickly. 29. Rattlesnake Fern. 8. " " Holly-leaved. 30. Royal " 9. " " Sweet-scent'd 31. Spleen Wort, Common. 10. Chain " Common. 32. " Silvery. 11. Cinnamon" 33. " Green. 12. Clayton's In terrup ted 34. " Black-stalked. Flowering Fern. 35. " Narrow â iVond'd 13. Gossamer Fern. 3(j. Shi(,'ld Fern, Common. 14. Heart's Tongue " 37. I'ern Swamp. 15. Hair '< 38. " Crested. 16. Lady " 39. " MarL'iiial-fiui ted. 17. Moonwort, Common, 40. " Now York. 18. " Tall. 41. (toldie's Fern. 19. " Dwarf. 42. Sensitive " 20. Maiden hair. 43. Wood " 21. Ostrich Fern. 44. Walking " 22. Oak " 45. Woolv " Amateurs would doubtles
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