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JULY WILD FLOWERS. 



(irei'inaim then can claim the honor of first 

 introducing them to prominent public notice. 

 Leipsic, Vienna, Brussels, and subsequently 

 England followed suit, when John Smith, 

 then curator of the Kew Botanic (hardens, 

 soon gathered there a collection which had 

 few equals. Canadian Ferns are noticeable 

 for their gracefulness and diversity — not for 

 their size, like some of the gigantic Australian 

 Tree- Ferns. 



Not wishing to scare the young student by 

 an array of jaw-breaking latin words, we will 

 give the popular names of the best known 

 Canadian Ferns from Paxton's Hand Book of 

 Canadian Ferntt — a small manual issued from 

 the press of Middletori & Dawson, Quebec, in 

 1868, by John Paxton, then gardener to Mrs. 

 James Gibb, at Woodfield. 



1. Adder's Tongue Fern. - 



2. Brachen, Common, 



3. Bladder Fern, ♦' 



4. " Slender. 



5. Beech. " • " 



6. Buckler Fern, Terminal. 



7. *• . ** Prickly. 



d. " " Holly-leaved. 



9. " •• Sweet-scented. 



10. Chain •* Common. 



11. Cinnamon" 



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