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How to know the ferns
Frances Theodora Parsons and Marion Satterlee
Ferns unroll their fiddleheads in shady, secret places that reward the patient searcher. Frances Theodora Parsons shows how to find and name them, from the flowering Osmunda to the sensitive Onoclea, with clear terms and season notes. A gentle, inviting guide to a graceful hobby. For the walker who wants to know the ferns of woodland and streambank. Go looking where the shade is deep.
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160 chapters
- 1How to Know the Ferns
- 2PREFACE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4LIST OF PLATES
- 5LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6How to Know the Ferns
- 7FERNS AS A HOBBY
- 8WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND FERNS
- 9WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND FERNS
- 10EXPLANATION OF TERMS
- 11FERTILIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND FRUCTIFICATION OF FERNS
- 12NOTABLE FERN FAMILIES
- 13OSMUNDA (Flowering Ferns)
- 14ONOCLEA
- 15WOODSIA
- 16CYSTOPTERIS (Bladder Ferns)
- 17ASPIDIUM (Shield Ferns)
- 18PHEGOPTERIS (Beech Ferns)
+ 142 more. The full contents open with the book.
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