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The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada By: George Henry Tilton (1845-) |
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The Fern Lover's Companion
A Guide for the Northeastern States
and Canada BY GEORGE HENRY TILTON, A.M. "This world's no blot for us
Nor blank; it means intensely and it means good
To find its meaning is my meat and drink." [Illustration]
DEDICATION
To Alice D. Clark, engraver of these illustrations, who has spared no pains
to promote the artistic excellence of this work, and to encourage its
progress, these pages are dedicated with the high regards of THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Key to Genera
Classification of Ferns
The Polypodies
The Bracken Group:
Bracken
Cliff Brakes
Rock Brake
The Lip Ferns ( Cheilanthes )
The Cloak Fern ( Notholæna )
The Chain Ferns
The Spleenworts:
The Rock Spleenworts. Asplenium
The Large Spleenworts. Athyrium
Hart's Tongue and Walking Leaf
The Shield Ferns:
Christmas and Holly Fern
Marsh Fern Tribe
The Beech Ferns
The Fragrant Fern
The Wood Ferns
The Bladder Ferns
The Woodsias
The Boulder Fern ( Dennstædtia )
Sensitive and Ostrich Ferns
The Flowering Ferns ( Osmunda )
Curly Grass and Climbing Fern
Adder's Tongue
The Grape Ferns:
Key to the Grape Fern
Moonwort
Little Grape Fern
Lance leaved Grape Fern
Matricary Fern
Common Grape Fern
Rattlesnake Fern
Filmy Fern
Noted Fern Authors
Fern Literature
Time List for Fruiting of Ferns
Glossary
Note: Meaning of Genus and Species
Checklist
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A Fern Lover
Prothallium Diagram
Pinnate Frond
Bipinnate Frond
Pinnatifid Frond
Spore Cases
Linen Tester
Curly Grass. Schizæa
Cinnamon Fern. Osmunda cinnamomea
Sensitive Fern. Onoclea sensibilis
Ostrich Fern. Onoclea Struthiopteris
Interrupted Fern. Osmunda Claytoniana
Climbing Fern. Lygodium
Flowering Fern. Osmunda regalis spectabilis
Adder's Tongue. Ophioglossum
Grape Fern. Botrychium
Polypody. Polypodium
Beech Fern. Phegopteris
Cloak Fern. Notholæna
Filmy Fern. Trichomanes
Bracken. Pteris
Maidenhair. Adiantum
Cliff Brake. Pellæa
Lip Fern. Cheilanthes
Rock Brake. Cryptogramma
Chain Fern. Woodwardia
Shield Fern. Polystichum
Wood Fern. Aspidium
Bladder Fern. Cystopteris
Woodsia
Hayscented Fern. Dennstædtia
Hart's Tongue. Scolopendrium
Walking Fern. Camptosorus
Asplenium Type
Athyrium Type
Sporangia of the Five Families
Indusium
Common Polypody. Polypodium vulgare
Sori of Polypody
Polypody in mass (Greenwood)
Gray Polypody. Polypodium incanum
Brake. Bracken. Sterile Frond
Bracken. Fertile Frond
Bracken, var. pseudocaudata
Spray of Maidenhair
Sori of Maidenhair
Maidenhair. Adiantum pedatum
Alpine Maidenhair
Venus Hair Fern. Adiantum capillus veneris
Purple Cliff Brake. Pellæa atropurpurea
Dense Cliff Brake. Cryptogramma densa
Slender Cliff Brake. Cryptogramma Stelleri
Parsley Fern. Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Alabama Lip Fern. Cheilanthes alabamensis
Hairy Lip Fern. Cheilanthes lanosa
Slender Lip Fern. Cheilanthes Féei
Pinnæ of Slender Lip Fern
Powdery Cloak Fern. Notholæna dealbata
Common Chain Fern. Woodwardia virginica
Net veined Chain Fern. Woodwardia areolata
The Spleenworts
Pinnatifid Spleenwort. Asplenium pinnatifidum
Scott's Spleenwort. Asplenium ebenoides
Green Spleenwort. Asplenium viride
Maidenhair Spleenwort. Asplenium Trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort. Asplenium Trichomanes (Fernery)
Ebony Spleenwort. Asplenium platyneuron
Bradley's Spleenwort. Asplenium Bradleyi
Mountain Spleenwort. Asplenium montanum
Rue Spleenwort. Asplenium Ruta muraria
Rootstock of Lady Fern (Two parts)
Sori of Lady Fern. Athyrium angustum
Varieties of Lady Fern
Lowland Lady Fern. Athyrium asplenioides
Silvery Spleenwort. Athyrium acrostichoides
Narrow leaved Spleenwort. Athyrium angustifolium
Pinnæ and Sori of Athyrium angustifolium
Sori of Scolopendrium vulgare
Hart's Tongue. Scolopendrium vulgare
Walking Fern. Camptosorus rhizophyllus
Christmas Fern. Polystichum acrostichoides
Varieties of Christmas Fern
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