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THE LADY FERN AND ITS KIN. 



home for a shovel with 

 which to dig it up, his 

 wife unfortunately in- 

 duced him to change 

 his shoes, when the 

 fern seed fell out and 

 was lost and with it 

 went all knowledge of 

 the t re a s u re. In 

 Swabia it was believed 

 that fern seed brought 

 by the devil near mid- 

 night would enable one 

 man to do the work of 

 thirty. It must be 

 confessed that fern 

 seed received in such a 

 manner would go a 

 long way toward con- 

 vincing one of its 

 powers. 



The lady fern is 

 found in nearly all 

 parts of North Amer. 

 ica and is equally com- 



THE HAUNTS OF THE LADY FERN. 



