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Home Nature-Study Course. 



Describe or make a sketch of one of the leaflets of the fern noting 

 especially the edges, lobes, the forking of the leaf veins, the differences in 

 color between the upper and lower sides and whether it is set close to the 

 central stalk or has a little stalk of its own. 



Describe the fern as a whole. 



Describe the rootstock if possible. 



If you can pot a fern and place it in a warm room and give it plenty 

 of moisture, you may be able to watch a frond unfold. Describe this 

 process in length of time and in detail. 



Photographed by Verne Moiten 



Fig. t o. — The ostrich fern. This species has separate fruiting leaves or fronds, 

 which are much contracted and look very different from the fronds shown in 

 the picture. 



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