More INTERESTING FERN LOCALITIES 57 
are extremely beautiful. The Goldiana is superb, and 
is by many persons considered our finest New England 
species. It is most effectively used as an individual 
plant. Dryopteris intermedia because of its exquisite® 
fine-cut evergreen foliage and its endless variation is 
particularly attractive, and a good-sized garden could 
be devoted to this one species to advantage. 
The hybrids, D. cristata X intermedia and D. cristata 
X marginalis are both good garden ferns. I have a 
dozen clumps of the first-named, and they are so thrifty 
and vigorous that they always attract much attention. 
Newsuryport, Mass. 
(To be continued.) 
More Interesting Fern Localities. 
Mr. Winslow’s article on Willoughby Lake as the 
richest fern locality has served to set those of us who 
live in north-central Connecticut counting our species. 
The results show that we cannot surpass the Vermont 
lists in number of species and do not possess anything 
* quite so rare as the Hart’s-tongue at Green Lake, but 
that we have a region with a diversified fern flora and 
different in many of its conditions from any of those 
treated by Mr. Winslow. So, rather by way of com- 
parison than competition we are moved to say something’ 
of our own treasure-spots for ferns. 
The central lowland of Connecticut comprises the 
valley of the Connecticut River north of Middletown 
and those of the Farmington and Quinnipiac west of it. 
The underlying rock throughout is a red sandstone of 
Triassic age. According to the geologists, it was, at 
three different times during the period of its deposition, 
broken by lateral pressure. Through the openings 
thus made, molten lava (trap rock) was forced up from 
below and spread out into great sheets, at first horizon- 
