. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. all prefer rich,damp woods, and because of their graceful outline andspiny-toothed lolies are ^-ery attracti\e. They can lietransplanted without great difficulty, and the fern gardendepends upon them for its most effecti\e lacework. Var. iiilcniicdijim lias the scales of tlie stipe brown withdarker center. Fronds o\ate-oblong, often tri]) spreading, oblong-lanceolate. Pinnules pinnatelycleft, the oblong lobes spinulose-toothed at the apex.^Margin of the indusium denticulate and beset with minute,stalked g


. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. all prefer rich,damp woods, and because of their graceful outline andspiny-toothed lolies are ^-ery attracti\e. They can lietransplanted without great difficulty, and the fern gardendepends upon them for its most effecti\e lacework. Var. iiilcniicdijim lias the scales of tlie stipe brown withdarker center. Fronds o\ate-oblong, often tri]) spreading, oblong-lanceolate. Pinnules pinnatelycleft, the oblong lobes spinulose-toothed at the apex.^Margin of the indusium denticulate and beset with minute,stalked glands. In woods nearly everywhere — our mostcommon form, ^lillions of fronds of this variety aregathered in our northern woods, placed in cold storageand sent to florists to l^e used in decorations.* As long asthe roots are not disturbed the cro]) is renewed from year *//ort?e»//Hrc reports tliat twcnfy-ri^^lil million fern leaves liavel)een shipped From Bennington, \ in a single season; and ttiatnearly -$10(1,(JOO were paid ont in wa^es. The Fern Lovers Cojipani 149. S])iinili)se Shield Fern. Asiiidimn spiitiilusum (.Maiiu\ 1S77, Herbarium of Geo. E. Daven[iort) 15(0 The Fern Lovers Companion


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