How to Know the Ferns

Apart from the Bracken Fern which, as we have seen, is abundant almost everywhere, there are few ferns more common than certain of the leading members of the sub-order Aspidieæ....

The sub-family Asplenieæ has a large number of representatives in the United Kingdom. There is much division of opinion as to the real place of the Lady Fern. Many botanists con...

In its lowest forms vegetable life is a very simple affair. The minute Algæ which clothe damp surfaces with a green film show few indeed of the characteristics with which we are...

Even the most general survey of the Vascular Cryptogams would not be complete without an attempt to indicate the means of reproduction to be observed in these plants. The subjec...

Although to most people the study of fossil botany may appear to be an uninviting pursuit, there can be no question as to the importance of the science. It is only in this way t...

As we have seen, the living species of the Club Mosses are comparatively insignificant plants. None the less, most of them are attractive each in its own way, and it is interest...

It is now necessary to consider a very striking order of plants. Unlike the Club Mosses, it is probable that most people are familiar with one or more species of Horsetail; some...

Perhaps none of our native plants have suffered more from those vandals who root up every pretty thing they see than the Ferns. To the average tripper there seems to be somethin...

It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house. A few suggestions as to the culture of the various species described has b...

Many members of the Fern tribe are of a retiring disposition, and to find them we must search in out-of-the-way corners. This cannot be said, however, of the leading subject und...

There must be very few people, indeed, who are not familiar with the leading British representatives of the sub-family _Polypodieæ_. It is difficult, indeed, to make a journey i...

Although the members of the family Hymenophyllaceæ are largely tropical, we are fortunate in having three representatives in the United Kingdom. Two of these, both Filmy Ferns,...

The three species which must now be described would hardly be recognized as Ferns at all by most people. It has been indicated in an earlier chapter that there is really some do...

Under the name of the Flowering Fern it is probable that most people are familiar with the subject we are now about to consider. The title has without a doubt arisen from the fa...