Native Ferns for Shady Places 



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fronds are gathered by the milhon, in ^Michigan and other of the northern 

 States, in the fall, and are carefully packed away in cold storage by the 

 wholesale dealers until such time as the market demands them. 



The botanist, with his knapsack for the reception of choice specimens, 

 does but little harm to our native flora, and the specimens he captures are 

 taken in the interests of science, but what can be said for the botanical 

 pot-hunter, so to speak, who ships fern fronds to the number of 3,000,000 

 per annum to one of our large cities ? 



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The blue asters among the ferns 



