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In the native woods and along the trails quantities of whorled loose- 

 strife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) were found in bloom, including 

 the anomalous opposite-leaved form apparently developing when 

 the main stem is decapitated and side branches are produced. The 

 anise-scented goldenrod {Solidago odora) was very common, and 

 three species of cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea, P. recta, and P. 

 monspeliensis) , those three common weeds of which so few mem- 

 bers seem to know the names — knawel {Scleranthns annims), car- 

 petweed (Mollugo verticillata) , and devilweed (Galinsoga ciliata), 

 and both species of cattail (TypJia angustifolia and T. latifolia) 

 and what appeared to be a natural hybrid between them, were 



studied. ,t at -n,r 



h. n. moldenke 



Trip of July 22 to the Fern Garden of Mr. W. H. Dole, 

 West Orange, N. J. 



A party of eight gathered to see the sixty-odd species of ferns 

 collected mostly from the northeastern states, but including a num- 

 ber from the west and from the orient, all growing together in a 

 comparatively small area. Here it has been demonstrated that most 

 of our hardy ferns are easily satisfied and can be grown to advan- 

 tage under ordinary garden conditions, if a little attention is given 

 to their requirements as to soil, position, light and moisture. Many 

 ferns, however, do equally well in positions somewhat dififerent 

 from their normal habitats. Dryopferis goldiana in a dry position 

 at the top of the slope is as thrifty, though not as large, as speci- 

 mens grown in a moister position at the foot of the bank. The 

 specimens at the top of the slope were set in place some ten years 

 ago and have increased in number. 



A fine specimen of Osniunda rcgalis (now a group of six or 

 eight) 48 inches and more in height has been growing in a com- 

 paratively dry position for twenty years and its self-sown sporlings, 

 of which a dozen or more have appeared on the dry slope, were in 

 each case above the parent fern though generally from under the 

 edge of a stone. 



The great variety of shades and tints of green in the fronds 

 of the different species lends an added charm to the fern garden 

 and much can he done in the grouping of ferns to bring out the 

 contrasting tints. The bright yellow-green of TJielyptcris novcbo- 

 racensis is in sharp contrast to the blue-green of T. pahistris (marsh 



