[Gutenberg 43167] • How to Know the Ferns / A Guide to the Names, Haunts and Habitats of Our Common Ferns by Parsons, Frances Theodora -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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How to Know the Ferns PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF PLATES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS How to Know the Ferns FERNS AS A HOBBY WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND FERNS WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND FERNS EXPLANATION OF TERMS FERTILIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND FRUCTIFICATION OF FERNS NOTABLE FERN FAMILIES

OSMUNDA (Flowering Ferns) ONOCLEA WOODSIA CYSTOPTERIS (Bladder Ferns) ASPIDIUM (Shield Ferns) PHEGOPTERIS (Beech Ferns) WOODWARDIA (Chain Ferns) ASPLENIUM (Spleenworts) PELLÆA (Cliff Brakes) BOTRYCHIUM (Moonworts)

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1. SENSITIVE FERN 2. OSTRICH FERN 3. CINNAMON FERN 4. CURLY GRASS

5. ROYAL FERN 6. INTERRUPTED FERN 7. CLIMBING FERN 8. ADDER'S TONGUE 9. RATTLESNAKE FERN 10. TERNATE GRAPE FERN 11. LITTLE GRAPE FERN 12. MOONWORT 13. MATRICARY GRAPE FERN 14. LANCE-LEAVED GRAPE FERN

15. SLENDER CLIFF BRAKE 16. PURPLE CLIFF BRAKE 17. CHRISTMAS FERN 18. NARROW-LEAVED SPLEENWORT 19. NET-VEINED CHAIN FERN

20. BRAKE 21. MAIDENHAIR 22. HAIRY LIP FERN 23. HAY-SCENTED FERN

24. LADY FERN 25. SILVERY SPLEENWORT 26. RUE SPLEENWORT 27. MOUNTAIN SPLEENWORT 28. EBONY SPLEENWORT 29. MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT 30. GREEN SPLEENWORT 31. SCOTT'S SPLEENWORT 32. PINNATIFID SPLEENWORT 33. BRADLEY'S SPLEENWORT 34. WALKING FERN 35. HART'S TONGUE 36. VIRGINIA CHAIN FERN

GROUP VI FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND USUALLY SIMILAR, FRUIT-DOTS ROUND

37. NEW YORK FERN 38. MARSH FERN 39. MASSACHUSETTS FERN CHRISTMAS FERN 40. SPINULOSE WOOD FERN 41. BOOTT'S SHIELD FERN 42. CRESTED SHIELD FERN 43. CLINTON'S WOOD FERN 44. GOLDIE'S FERN 45. EVERGREEN WOOD FERN 46. FRAGRANT SHIELD FERN 47. BRAUN'S HOLLY FERN 48. COMMON POLYPODY HAY-SCENTED FERN 49. LONG BEECH FERN 50. BROAD BEECH FERN 51. OAK FERN 52. BULBLET BLADDER FERN 53. COMMON BLADDER FERN 54. RUSTY WOODSIA 55. BLUNT-LOBED WOODSIA 56. NORTHERN WOODSIA 57. SMOOTH WOODSIA

FERN DESCRIPTIONS GROUP I STERILE AND FERTILE FRONDS TOTALLY UNLIKE; FERTILE FRONDS NOT LEAF-LIKE IN APPEARANCE

1. SENSITIVE FERN 2. OSTRICH FERN 3. CINNAMON FERN 4. CURLY GRASS

5. ROYAL FERN. FLOWERING FERN 6. INTERRUPTED FERN 7. CLIMBING FERN. CREEPING FERN. HARTFORD FERN 8. ADDER'S TONGUE 9. RATTLESNAKE FERN. VIRGINIA GRAPE FERN 10. TERNATE GRAPE FERN 11. LITTLE GRAPE FERN 12. MOONWORT 13. MATRICARY GRAPE FERN 14. LANCE-LEAVED GRAPE FERN

15. SLENDER CLIFF BRAKE 16. PURPLE CLIFF BRAKE 17. CHRISTMAS FERN 18. NARROW-LEAVED SPLEENWORT 19. NET-VEINED CHAIN FERN

20. BRAKE. BRACKEN. EAGLE FERN 21. MAIDENHAIR 22. HAIRY LIP FERN 23. HAY-SCENTED FERN

24. LADY FERN 25. SILVERY SPLEENWORT 26. RUE SPLEENWORT. WALL RUE 27. MOUNTAIN SPLEENWORT 28. EBONY SPLEENWORT 29. MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT 30. GREEN SPLEENWORT 31. SCOTT'S SPLEENWORT 32. PINNATIFID SPLEENWORT 33. BRADLEY'S SPLEENWORT 34. WALKING FERN. WALKING LEAF 35. HART'S TONGUE 36. VIRGINIA CHAIN FERN

GROUP VI FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND USUALLY SIMILAR, FRUIT-DOTS ROUND

37. NEW YORK FERN 38. MARSH FERN 39. MASSACHUSETTS FERN 40. SPINULOSE WOOD FERN

Aspidium spinulosum (Dryopteris spinulosa) Var. intermedium (D. spinulosa intermedia) Var. dilatatum (D. spinulosa dilatata)

41. BOOTT'S SHIELD FERN 42. CRESTED SHIELD FERN 43. CLINTON'S WOOD FERN 44. GOLDIE'S FERN 45. EVERGREEN WOOD FERN. MARGINAL SHIELD FERN 46. FRAGRANT SHIELD FERN 47. BRAUN'S HOLLY FERN 48. COMMON POLYPODY. SNAKE FERN 49. LONG BEECH FERN 50. BROAD BEECH FERN. HEXAGON BEECH FERN 51. OAK FERN 52. BULBLET BLADDER FERN 53. FRAGILE BLADDER FERN. COMMON BLADDER FERN 54. RUSTY WOODSIA 55. BLUNT-LOBED WOODSIA 56. NORTHERN WOODSIA. ALPINE WOODSIA 57. SMOOTH WOODSIA

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