A Plain and Easy Account of the British Ferns: Together with Their Classification, Arrangement of Genera, Structure, and Functions and a Glosssary of Technical and Other Terms |
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... plates ; and he hopes that the public will find in these pages an easy and plain solution to any little difficulty with which they may meet in collecting or cultivating these interesting plants . INDEX TO ENGLISH NAMES . Plate . Page - 60.
... plates ; and he hopes that the public will find in these pages an easy and plain solution to any little difficulty with which they may meet in collecting or cultivating these interesting plants . INDEX TO ENGLISH NAMES . Plate . Page - 60.
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... cultivating many spring flowers - fairy roses , and the most luxuriant tropical plants - in his cases ; but it must be remembered that the chief object in these closed cases is to secure a moist atmosphere , and freedom from the all ...
... cultivating many spring flowers - fairy roses , and the most luxuriant tropical plants - in his cases ; but it must be remembered that the chief object in these closed cases is to secure a moist atmosphere , and freedom from the all ...
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... good drainage , by one or more holes at the bottom of the case ; be it either a large earthen flower - saucer , a soup - plate , or a zinc constructed case . Broken flower - pots , cinders , X IN - DOOR CULTIVATION .
... good drainage , by one or more holes at the bottom of the case ; be it either a large earthen flower - saucer , a soup - plate , or a zinc constructed case . Broken flower - pots , cinders , X IN - DOOR CULTIVATION .
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... , and sheltered from the light by a gauze covering , or coloured glass ; but this is best learned by studying the natural habits of each indi- vidual species , and as far as possible imitating their IN - DOOR CULTIVATION . xi.
... , and sheltered from the light by a gauze covering , or coloured glass ; but this is best learned by studying the natural habits of each indi- vidual species , and as far as possible imitating their IN - DOOR CULTIVATION . xi.
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... winter many will have died down , till hardly discernible , except to a practised eye . A fresh addition of peat , or leaf - mould , seems to be the only manure yet recommended . The more delicate sorts may , xli OUT - DOOR CULTIVATION .
... winter many will have died down , till hardly discernible , except to a practised eye . A fresh addition of peat , or leaf - mould , seems to be the only manure yet recommended . The more delicate sorts may , xli OUT - DOOR CULTIVATION .
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abundant Algæ appearance ASPIDIUM ACULEATUM ASPIDIUM FILIX ASPLENIUM FILIX Babington barren fronds beautiful Bentham bipinnate botanists Botany branch Britain British ferns circular cloth common contains covered Crown 8vo cultivation delicate distinct dorsal Easy Account Edition England Fcap flowers fronds fructification Fully Illustrated Fungi growing Hardwicke's Hooker and Arnott Indusia indusium Ireland J. E. SOWERBY Lady Fern lanceolate Lankester LASTREA leaf leafy linear Linnæus little fern lobes London M. C. COOKE Maiden Hair Male Fern Manual margin Microscopic mid-rib moisture Moore native Newman oblong OPHIOGLOSSUM VULGATUM OSMUNDA ovate P. L. SIMMONDS pinnæ pinnate pinnatifid pinnules Plain and Easy plant Plate POLYPODIUM POLYPODIUM VULGARE Polypody Professor rhizome rock-work rocks roots Science SCOLOPENDRIUM Scotland segments SHIELD FERN six inches Smith soil sori species of fern specimens SPLEENWORT spore-cases stalk stem SYNONYMS TERNATE texture tion toothed TRICHOMANES tripinnate tufted twice-pinnate variety veins volume walls Woodcuts WOODSIA ILVENSIS
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Page 71 - And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapping, And curling and whirling and purling and twirling, And thumping and plumping and bumping and jumping, And dashing and flashing and splashing and clashing; And so never ending, but always descending, Sounds and motions for ever and ever are blending All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, — And this way the water comes down at Lodore.
Page 77 - When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon ; When the fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you're able ; When the fern begins to look red, Then milk is good with brown bread.
Page 109 - SOWERBY'S ENGLISH BOTANY: Containing a Description and Life-size coloured Drawing of every British Plant. Edited and brought up to the Present Standard of Scientific Knowledge by T. BOSWELL (formerly SYME), LL.DFLS, &c. With Popular Descriptions of the Uses, History, and Traditions of each Plant, by Mrs. LANKESTEB, Author of " Wild Flowers Worth Notice," " The British Ferns,