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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
niustly rock fei'iis and the XephrodiiDns are so frequently 
found in wckkIs as to l.>e called wood ferns. Tn sandy or 
nxky woikIs one may find the el>ony spleeiuvort (Asplcn- 
u{;ii cbenciiiii) and on shaded led^^es the green rosettes of 
the maidenhair spleen\v..-)rt [A. tru-honiancs) the silvery 
spleenwort {Athyriutii acrostkhoidcs) must be sought along 
woodland rills while the lady fern {A. niix-focuiina) is 
everywhere. Among otlier rock spleen\\orts are se\'eral of 
The cnmnioiicst wood fern is tlie niarginrd shield fern 
\ \ cpJirodniiii mar'^'nudc) to be found in nearly all rocky 
w,.n(l>. In dry w.khIs look for the Xew ^'ork fern {X. 
X^yzd'onu-cusc) and in all swaini>s a blender «{>ecies will 
prove to be the marsh fern (X. lliclypfcris) . That tall 
finel}- dissected fern in roeky worlds i^ the spinulose fern 
{ X. spimdosu!!') whkh \ms manv puzzling disguises. 
G-hlie*-; fern (A'. Goldu-auum) is a large fern like X. 
in.iri^iiuilc. It is n()t alnuidant. and therefore all the more 
desirable. 
Space dt^es not admit of a mention of all our si)ecies. 
nor all of even the common ones, but those mentioned may 
easily be identified this summer. As for the rest— it is good 
to have here and there a plant to pique the curiosity. Wi.^h 
the mention of the Ixuilder fern (Dicksoiiia pilosinsnda) , 
a fragrant species in all elevated regions. I am done ex- 
cept to wish the novice fern studcTv much pleasure and profit 
m naming his specimens. 
MEADOW FLOWERS. 
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