“) N our latitudes the earth-lov- 
ing spleenworts are all tall 
and graceful plants with 
very little in their bearing 
to suggest a relationship 
to the members of the 
family that grow on rocks. 
They are more like some 
of the wood ferns and no 
doubt are frequently mis- 
taken for them. <A glance at the sori on mature fronds, 
however, is quite sufficient to settle the question, since it 
will show the Asp/enioid character of the linear sori. 
These species have always been classed as Aspleniums in 
America but owing to the fact that the indusia in some 
are more or less curved on the side attached to the 
frond and when young often appear to be nearly semi- 
circular, it is now considered better to follow the British 
practice and place them in the genus A¢hyrium. 
The Lady Fern. 
Our ideas as to which of the ferns is most abundant, 
are likely to vary somewhat with the time of year and 
the locality in which we may happen to be. In early 
May, we are inclined to award the palm to the cinnamon 
fern; in July, to the bracken; while a visit to some moist 
