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Identifier: nativeflowersfer01meeh (find matches)
Title: The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Meehan, Thomas, 1826-1901
Subjects: Wild flowers -- United States Ferns -- United States
Publisher: Boston : L. Prang and Co.
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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uperior beauty of the other, and the effort to rival it resultedin these pretty scales ! Darwin, in a like fanciful vein, picturesthe ice-plant, — With pellucid studs the ice flower gemsHis rimy foliage and his candied stems,—■ speaking as if he were describing a not very young gentlemanwho depended somewhat on jewelry to atone for departedcharms. He would, doubtless, regard this effort by our littlefern as a similar attempt by one of the other sex ! In fernsthere are two distinct modes of growth. In the one, the frondspush up in a direct way; in the other, they are circinate, or 16 POLYPODIUM INCANUM. IIOARY TOLYrODY. unfold as in the unrolling of a coil. This latter mode is a verybeautiful form of growth, and the artist has happily caught ourspecimen in the unfolding act. Explanation of the Pt-ATE. — i. A section of the scaly rhizome, with fronds showing theupper and lower surfaces. — 2. Section of pinnule, enlarged three times, and showing thesori and scales. Vol Plate 5.
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