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BEAUTIFUL FERNS. 
herbarium. The early writers compare the fragrance to that of 
raspberries, and Milde repeats the observation. Hooker and 
Greville thought it “not unlike that of the common primrose.” 
Maximowicz states that the odor is sometimes lacking. Milde 
quotes Redowsky as saying that the Yakoots of Siberia use the 
plant in place of tea ; and, having tried the experiment myself, 
I can testify to the not unpleasant and very fragrant astringency 
of the infusion. 
The illustration is taken from a plant collected by Mr. D. A. Watt 
on the Saguenay River, in Canada. 
