The Fern Lover's Companion

About this eBook

Author

Tilton, George Henry, 1845-

Title

The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada

Credits

Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Leonard D Johnson and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

QK: Science: Botany

Subject

Ferns -- Canada

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11365

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11365

Release Date

February 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Fern Lover's Companion — A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada — BY — GEORGE HENRY TILTON, A.M. — DEDICATION — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — PREFACE — INTRODUCTION — REPRODUCTION — VERNATION — VEINS — EXPLANATION OF TERMS — SPORÀNGIA AND FRUIT DOTS — HELPFUL HINTS — KEY TO THE GENERA — I — THOSE WHICH HAVE THE FRUITING PORTION IN GREENISH, BERRY-LIKE STRUCTURES AND NOT ON THE BACK OF FRONDS A. FRUITING FRONDS WHOLLY FERTILE (Fertile and sterile fronds entirely unlike) — B. FRUITING FRONDS PARTLY STERILE — II — THOSE WHICH HAVE THE FRUITING PORTION ON THE BACK OR MARGIN OF FRONDS — A. INDUSIUM WANTING — B. INDUSIUM PRESENT — DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE FERNS — THE FERN FAMILY PROPER OR REAL FERNS — POLYPODIÀCEÆ — THE POLYPODIES — 1. POLYPODY. Polypodium — (1) COMMON POLYPODY. Polypodium vulgare — (2) GRAY OR HOARY POLYPODY — Polypodium incànum. P. polypodiòides — THE BRACKEN GROUP — 1. BRACKEN OR BRAKE — Ptèris aquilina . PTERÍDIUM LATIÚSCULUM[1] — 2. MAIDENHAIR. Adiantum — (1) COMMON MAIDENHAIR. Adiantum pedatum — (2) THE VENUS-HAIR FERN. Adiantum Capíllus-Veneris — 3. CLIFF BRAKES. Pellàea — (1) PURPLE CLIFF BRAKE. Pellæa atropurpùrea — (2) SMOOTH CLIFF BRAKE — Pellàea glabella. Pellàea atropurpùrea , var. Bushii — (3) DENSE CLIFF BRAKE — Cryptográmma densa. Pellaèa densa — (4) SLENDER CLIFF BRAKE — Cryptográmma Stellèri. Pellaèa grácilis — (5) THE ROCK BRAKE. PARSLEY FERN — Cryptográmma acrostichòides — 4. LIP FERNS. Cheilánthes — (1) ALABAMA LIP FERN. Cheilánthes alabaménsis — (2) HAIRY LIP FERN. Cheilánthes lanòsa, C. véstita — (3) WOOLLY LIP FERN. Cheilánthes tomentòsa — (4) SLENDER LIP FERN — Cheilánthes Féei, C. lanuginòsa — 5. CLOAK FERN. Notholàena — (1) POWDERY CLOAK FERN. Notholàena dealbàta — THE CHAIN FERNS. Woodwardia — (1) THE COMMON CHAIN FERN. Woodwardia virgínica — (2) NET-VEINED CHAIN FERN — NARROW-LEAVED CHAIN FERN — Woodwardia areolàta. W. angustifòlia — THE SPLEENWORTS — A. THE ROCK SPLEENWORTS. Asplènium — (1) PINNÀTIFID SPLEENWORT. Asplenium pinnatífídum — (2) SCOTT'S SPLEENWORT. Asplenium ebenòides — (3) GREEN SPLEENWORT. Asplenium víride — (4) MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT. Asplenium Trichómanes — (5) SMALL SPLEENWORT — (6) EBONY SPLEENWORT — (7) BRADLEY'S SPLEENWORT. Asplenium Brádleyi — (8) MOUNTAIN SPLEENWORT. Asplenium montanum — (9) RUE SPLEENWORT. Asplenium Ruta-murària — B. THE LARGE SPLEENWORTS. Athýrium — THE LADY FERN AND ITS KIN — 1. THE LADY FERNS — (1) THE UPLAND LADY FERN. ATHÝRIUM ANGÚSTUM — Asplènium Fìlix-femina — (2) THE LOWLAND LADY FERN — ATHÝRIUM ASPLENIÒIDES — (3) SILVERY SPLEENWORT. ATHÝRIUM ACROSTICHÒIDES — Asplènium acrostichòides. Asplènium thelypteròides — (4) NARROW-LEAVED SPLEENWORT — ATHÝRIUM ANGUSTIFÒLIUM. Asplenium angustifòlium — HART'S TONGUE — Scolopéndrium . PHYLLÌTIS — (1) Scolopendrium vulgàre — PHYLLÌTIS SCOLOPÉNDRIUM — WALKING FERN. WALKING LEAF — Camptosòrus — Camptosòrus rhizophyllus — THE SHIELD FERNS — THE CHRISTMAS AND HOLLY FERNS — Polýstichum — (1) THE CHRISTMAS FERN — (2) BRAUN'S HOLLY FERN — (3) HOLLY FERN. Polystichum Lonchìtis — THE MARSH FERN TRIBE — (1) THE MARSH FERN — Aspídium thelýpteris . THELÝPTERIS PALÚSTRIS — Dryópteris thelýpteris. Nephròdium thelýpteris — (2) MASSACHUSETTS FERN — Aspidium simulàtum . THELÝPTERIS SIMULÀTA — Dryópteris simulata. Nephròdium simulàtum — (3) NEW YORK FERN — Aspidium noveboracénse . THELÝPTERIS NOVEBORACÉNSIS — Dryópteris noveboracénsis. Nephròdium noveboracénse — THE BEECH FERNS — (1) OAK FERN — Phegópteris dryópteris . THELÝPTERIS DRYÓPTERIS — (2) THE NORTHERN OAK FERN — Phegopteris Robertiana. Phegopteris calcàrea — THELÝPTERIS ROBERTIÀNA — (3) BROAD BEECH FERN — Phegopteris hexagonóptera — THELÝPTERIS HEXAGONÓPTERA — (4) LONG BEECH FERN — Phegopteris polypodiòides . THELÝPTERIS PHEGÓPTERIS — THE FRAGRANT FERN — Aspídium fràgrans. Nephròdium fràgrans — THELÝPTERIS FRÀGRANS. Dryópteris fràgrans — KEY TO THE WOOD FERNS — THE WOOD FERNS — (1) MARGINAL SHIELD FERN, EVERGREEN WOOD FERN — Aspídium marginàle . THELÝPTERIS MARGINÀLIS — Dryópteris marginàlis. Nephròdium marginàle — (2) THE MALE FERN — Aspídium Fìlix-mas . THELÝPTERIS FÌLIX-MAS — Dryópteris Fìlix-mas. Nephròdium Fìlix-mas — (3) GOLDIE'S FERN — Aspidium Goldiànum . THELYPTERIS GOLDIÀNA — Dryopteris Goldiàna. Nephrodium Goldiànum — (4) THE CRESTED FERN — Aspidium cristàtum . THELÝPTERIS CRISTÀTA — Dryopteris cristàta. Nephrodium cristàtum — CRESTED MARGINAL FERN — Aspídium cristàtum X marginàle — (5) BOOTT'S SHIELD FERN — Aspidium Boottii . THELÝPTERIS BOOTTII — Dryopteris Boottii. Nephrodium Boottii — (6) SPINULOSE SHIELD FERN — Aspidium spinulòsum . THELÝPTERIS SPINULÒSA — Dryopteris spinulòsa. Nephrodium spinulòsum — THE BLADDER FERNS. Cystópteris — (1) THE BULBLET BLADDER FERN — Cystópteris bulbífera. Fìlix bulbífera — (2) THE COMMON BLADDER FERN — Cystopteris frágilis. Filix frágilis — KEY TO THE WOODSIAS — THE WOODSIAS — (1) RUSTY WOODSIA. Woódsia ilvénsis — (2) NORTHERN WOODSIA. ALPINE WOODSIA — Woodsia alpìna. Woodsia hyperbòrea — (3) BLUNT-LOBED WOODSIA. Woodsia obtùsa — (4) SMOOTH WOODSIA. Woodsia glabélla — (5) OREGON WOODSIA. Woódsia oregàna — (6) ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOODSIA. Woódsia scopulìna — (7) CATHCART'S WOODSIA. Woodsia Cathcartiàna — DENNSTAÉDTIA. Dicksònia — HAYSCENTED FERN. BOULDER FERN — DENNSTAÉDTIA PUNCTILÓBULA[A] — Dicksònia punctilóbula. Dicksònia pilosiúscula — THE SENSITIVE AND OSTRICH FERNS — Onoclèa . PTERÉTIS. Mattèuccia . Struthiópteris — (1) SENSITIVE FERN. Onoclèa sensíbilis — (2) OSTRICH FERN — Onoclea struthiópteris . PTERETIS NODULOSA — Struthiópteris Germánica . Matteùccia struthiópteris — II — THE FLOWERING FERN FAMILY — OSMUNDÀCEAE — OSMÚNDA — (1) FLOWERING FERN, ROYAL FERN — Osmúnda regàlis. Osmunda regàlis , var. SPECTÀBILIS — (2) INTERRUPTED FERN. CLAYTON'S FERN — Osmunda Claytoniàna — (3) CINNAMON FERN. BRAKES — III — CURLY GRASS FAMILY — SCHIZÆÀCEÆ — CURLY GRASS. Schizàea pusílla — CLIMBING FERN. HARTFORD FERN — Lygòdium palmàtum — IV — ADDER'S TONGUE FAMILY OPHIOGLOSSÀCEÆ — KEY TO THE GRAPE FERNS — GRAPE FERNS — Botrýchium — (1) MOONWORT. Botrýchium Lunària — (2) LITTLE GRAPE FERN. Botrychium símplex — (3) LANCE-LEAVED GRAPE FERN — Botrychium lanceolàtum — BOTRÝCHIUM ANGUSTISEGMÉNTUM — (4) MATRICARY FERN — Botrychium ramòsum. Botrychium matricariæfòlium — (5) COMMON GRAPE FERN — Botrychium oblìquum . Botrychium ternàtum , var. oblìquum — BOTRYCHIUM DISSÉCTUM, var. OBLÌQUUM — (6) TERNATE GRAPE FERN — Botrýchium ternàtum , var. intermèdium — Botrýchium oblìquum , var. intermèdium — (7) RATTLESNAKE FERN. Botrychium virginiànum — V — THE FILMY FERN FAMILY HYMENOPHYLLÀCEÆ — FILMY FERN. BRISTLE FERN — Trichómanes Boschiànum. Trichómanes rádicans — NOTED FERN AUTHORS — BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES — FERN LITERATURE — TIMES OF THE FRUITING OF FERNS — GLOSSARY — NOTE — CHECK LIST OF THE FERNS OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA

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