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Osmiunder, but are unable to show more than an apparent con- 
nection. Gerard says far me mane refers to something in 
hard cl the heart of a mythological 
{ und, the waterman. ” The grape fern takes both 
its Foglcl and its Latin name (Bolrychiunm) from the appearance 
n Tr : e eve 
ppin th s has 
quite an industry. The sensitive fern one peat is 
very well named, for it is the first fern to show the effect of an 
In the fern garden with its numerous rocky crevices and 
pockets, its icra: _ miniature — and its neers 
each of the se rarest species 3 of ee fin es a Snecnia al ion 
sentation and Dr. Southwick has 
and effort to bring the ice S present s The 
American species and three exotic introductions. The list below 
shows them ee according to the environment in- which 
they ure growin 
on 
nchistea virginica ee chain- fern) 
ie olen terraces 
pteris peanuts ‘(New York fern) 
Thaysinks (marsh shield fern, fragrant meadow im) 
} 
deletata a shield ern 
SESSSSSS 
ol 3 
5 
= 
rm) 
Athyrium thelypteroides (silvery spleenwort) 
A. Filix-foemina (lady-fern) 
