The Fern Lover's Companion 



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fields and pastures and in the margin of rocky woods. It 

 is sweet-scented in drying-. A fine species for the fernery 

 and one of the most decorative of the entire fern family. 

 The effect of the shimmering fronds, so delicately wrought, 

 flanked hy e^'ergreens, is highly artistic. Fine-haired 

 mountain fern, jjasture fern, and hairy Dickaonia are other 

 names. Canada to Tennessee and westward. 



Var. cristata has the fronds more or less forked at 

 the top. 



Pinnule and Suri 



