Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds
Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds
Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds
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SPINULOSE WOOD FERN<br />
were to look at this leaf through a magnifying glass,<br />
3 rou would find that these dots were in double rows on<br />
each of the leaflets. They are round, but they have<br />
a kidney - shaped<br />
covering. The<br />
spore cases are<br />
peeping out from<br />
under the edges of<br />
this.<br />
All forms of<br />
the spinulose fern<br />
are evergreen. The<br />
fronds turn brown<br />
early in the spring.<br />
One variety is<br />
much used by florists<br />
in making up<br />
designs. They use<br />
this <strong>and</strong> the Christmas<br />
fern more than<br />
any others. A New<br />
The Spinulose Wood Fern.<br />
Orleans florist says that they are sent South by mil-<br />
lions <strong>and</strong> kept in cold storage until wanted.<br />
Another form is very common in Alaska. Its<br />
rootstock is the first vegetable food that the Alaska<br />
Indians are able to get in spring. They dig it before<br />
the fronds spring up <strong>and</strong> bake it in pits lined with hot<br />
stones. It is said to have a sweetish taste, but that<br />
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