Oe eS AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
On the north side of hills, or where the soil holds some 
moisture for half of the year, the collector, searching 
- among rocks and stones and low bushes, is delighted 
to find and gather the beautiful golden-backed fern, 
Gymnopteris triangularis (Kaulf.) Underw. It is the 
ae great desire of amateurs and others to obtain specimens 
_ of this species. It is also called the silver-backed fern, 
_ and this name fits it as well as any, for the backs of the 
_ fronds are silvery at first, changing to all the shades of 
_ old gold, and finally hocoimink quite dark in color. 
In similar places with the last, and about as plentiful, 
a is the much larger coffee fern, Pellea andromedtfolia 
 (Kaulf.) Fée. They make fine specimens, but when 
dry, if several are laid together, they seem to interlock 
so t hat it is next to impossible to get them apart without — 
breaking off the pinne. 
is con ke the list for most localities, but o on Loe 3 
