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flowering fern (O. Claytoniana), interrupted near 

 the center of the leaf-stalks by several pairs of 

 fertile leaflets densely covered with brownish 

 sporangia. This gives a rusty, unfinished look 

 to the fronds, and for this reason it is undesira- 

 ble for the fernery, and not to be compared with 

 another of its family, the cinnamon-fern (O. cin- 

 namomed). The yellowish fertile fronds of this, 

 springing from the center of the plant, during 

 its younger stage, are distinct and beautiful, 

 while the species is a tall, robust grower. 



Perhaps the most distinct of native ferns is 

 the sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis), common 

 to low w r oods and moist grounds. Aside from 

 its striking peculiarity of foliage and its dark- 

 colored spore-cases, its young fronds, through- 

 out the summer, wear a lovely light-green hue 

 possessed by no other member of the genus. 

 The sensitive fern should be grown in shade, 

 the fronds quickly becoming scorched by sun. 

 It would impart a distinct appearance to the 

 garden landscape grown en masse, being so 

 rarely seen in gardens. It is one of the best 

 ferns amid which to plant the tall wild red lilies. 

 Owing to its being somewhat tardy to start into 

 growth, the latter do not become choked, as they 

 are by the more forward and ranker-growing os- 

 trich. 



