. Our ferns in their haunts [microform] : a guide to all the native species. Ferns; Fougères. CHEILANTHES AND MAIDENHAIR. 243. YOL'XO KRONDS. Other ferns, prevent its being easily for- i;otten. There is perhaps, no other fern family so sharply distinguished as the one to which the maidenhair belongs. The botanist recognises its members at a glance without looking at the fruit, so cliaracteristic is the cutting of the fronds Of late years the exotic species have come into great favour for decorations and no florist considers his stock complete with- out them. Since he is accustomed to call them
. Our ferns in their haunts [microform] : a guide to all the native species. Ferns; Fougères. CHEILANTHES AND MAIDENHAIR. 243. YOL'XO KRONDS. Other ferns, prevent its being easily for- i;otten. There is perhaps, no other fern family so sharply distinguished as the one to which the maidenhair belongs. The botanist recognises its members at a glance without looking at the fruit, so cliaracteristic is the cutting of the fronds Of late years the exotic species have come into great favour for decorations and no florist considers his stock complete with- out them. Since he is accustomed to call them by the generic name, the word Adu antnm is beginning to have more meaning to the general public than most generic fern names. Soon after vegetation starts in spring, the slender crosiers of the maidenhair begin to appear on moist shaded slopes and in low woods. Before they push up, they aie protected by many brown, hairlike scales and when uncoiling usually have a few scattered, light- coloured ones along the stipe. At first the stipes are covered with a bluish bloom and the immature pinnae are of a dull red colour, imparting a not very pleasing lurid hue to the underwoods At maturity stipe and rachis are smooth, dark and shiring—among the handsomest of their kind. At the summit the stipe divides into two parts; each of which makes a sort of half circle away from the other and nearly at right angles to the direction of the stipe. The pinnasgrow from the upper or outer sides of what may thus be called the two rachids. The pair nearest the forks are the largest, often a foot long and two inches wide, and the others gradually decrease in size making the outline of the whole frond nearly circular. The. 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.
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