WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND FERNS 



present), and such rare 

 Spleenworts as the Pin- 

 natifid, Scott's and Brad- 

 ley's. 



In September the 

 fruit-clusters of the lit- 

 tle Curly Grass ripen 

 in the low pine barrens 

 of New Jersey. Over 

 moist thickets, in rarely 

 favored retreats from 

 Massachusetts south- 

 ward, clamber the 

 slender strands of 

 the Climbing Fern. 

 Thoreau's di- 

 ary of Sep- 

 tember 26th 

 evidently re- 

 fers to this 

 plant : " The 

 tree-fern is in 



