.^1,;'^::. 



mimm. 



^^, 



Its fertile 



fronds.stand- 



ing quite erect 



below but curving 



outward above the 



fruiting pinnae, are 



set in a somewhat 



shallow vase formed 



by the sterile fronds, 



which fall away in 



every direction. 



In the fall the 

 fronds turn y e 1 

 low, an. 

 at time 

 are s 

 brilliai 

 t h a 

 the' 

 flood th 



wood: 



with gold- 

 en light. 



Like the 

 other Os- 

 mund a s , 

 the Inter- 

 r u p t e d 

 Fern is 

 easily cul- 

 tivated. 



Interrupted Fern 



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