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[Illustration: A Fern Lover]
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 (_Notholaena_)
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 (_Dennstaedtia_)
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. _Schizaea_
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. _Notholaena_
Filmy Fern. _Trichomanes_
Bracken. _Pteris_
Maidenhair. _Adiantum_
Cliff Brake. _Pellaea_
Lip Fern. _Cheilanthes_
Rock Brake. _Cryptogramma_
Chain Fern. _Woodwardia_
Shield Fern. _Polystichum_
Wood Fern. _Aspidium_
Bladder Fern. _Cystopteris_
Woodsia
Hayscented Fern. _Dennstaedtia_
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. _Pellaea 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 Feei_
Pinnae of Slender Lip Fern
Powdery Cloak Fern. _Notholaena 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_
Pinnae and Sori of _Athyrium angustifolium_
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