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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... rare fern . Its favourite place of growth is among rugged masses of stones and broken rocks , which lie at the base or slopes of moun- tains in the north of England , and in Wales . On the rocks of Snowdon it may be seen covering the ...
... rare fern . Its favourite place of growth is among rugged masses of stones and broken rocks , which lie at the base or slopes of moun- tains in the north of England , and in Wales . On the rocks of Snowdon it may be seen covering the ...
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... rare occur- rence , but seems to have been brought originally from Snowdon . When fresh , the young fronds have a sweet fragrant smell , something like mignionette . ASPIDIUM FILIX MAS ABBREVIATA is a permanently small form of the Male ...
... rare occur- rence , but seems to have been brought originally from Snowdon . When fresh , the young fronds have a sweet fragrant smell , something like mignionette . ASPIDIUM FILIX MAS ABBREVIATA is a permanently small form of the Male ...
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... spinous teeth . The sori are circular , disposed in long series on each side of the mid - rib , and often become confluent in maturity . This rare fern seems to have been very familiar to c 2 HOLLY OR ROUGH ALPINE SHIELD FERN. ...
... spinous teeth . The sori are circular , disposed in long series on each side of the mid - rib , and often become confluent in maturity . This rare fern seems to have been very familiar to c 2 HOLLY OR ROUGH ALPINE SHIELD FERN. ...
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... rare fern seems to have been very familiar to older botanists and herbalists , and is frequently men- tioned by Ray , Gerarde , and others . It is exceedingly difficult of culture , and even when established , is often disappointing to ...
... rare fern seems to have been very familiar to older botanists and herbalists , and is frequently men- tioned by Ray , Gerarde , and others . It is exceedingly difficult of culture , and even when established , is often disappointing to ...
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... rare plant is perhaps to exterminate it for ever . Notwithstanding the diffi- culties we may expect to find in growing this fern artificially , Mr. Sowerby assures us that he has grown specimens for many years in common garden loam ...
... rare plant is perhaps to exterminate it for ever . Notwithstanding the diffi- culties we may expect to find in growing this fern artificially , Mr. Sowerby assures us that he has grown specimens for many years in common garden loam ...
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Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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,