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Published by the College of Agriculture of Cornell University, 

 in October, December, February and April and Entered October 

 I, 1904, at Ithaca, Ne^v York, as Second-class Matter, under 

 Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. 



ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK, Editor 



NewSeries.Vol.il. ITHACA, N. Y., FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1906 No. 3 



Photographed by Verne Morton. 



PLANT STUDY 



THE FERNS 



liE one who knows how to get the greatest happi- 

 ness out of the days as they come and go, is sure 

 to take advantage of the first thaw of winter which 

 usually occurs in February, and go to the woods to 

 inquire how his woodland neighbors are coming on. 

 There is more of life to be found in the woods at 

 this period than most people think ; many little 

 tracks upon the snow reveal the presence of the 

 four-footed ; a hibernating butterfly may be seen 

 fluttering about in the sunshine or settled on the 

 south exposure of a tree sucking sap ; the sharp 

 note of the woodpecker or the call of a hopeful 

 crow give evidence of bird life; mounds covered 

 with moss decorated with the brilliant red squaw berries on their vines 



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The walking fern. 



