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[Illustration:
"Fringing the stream at every turn,
Swung low the waving fronds of fern."
WHITTIER.]

TIMES OF THE FRUITING OF FERNS

"Ah! well I mind the calendar
Faithful through a thousand years
Of the painted race of flowers."--EMERSON.

Compiled from Dodge's "Ferns and Fern Allies of New England"

May 25. Little Grape Fern. Interrupted Fern.
May 30. Cinnamon Fern.
June 5. Ostrich Fern.
June 10. Frondosa variety of Cinnamon Fern.
June 15. Matricary Grape Fern.
June 20. Royal Fern. Interrupted Fern.
June 25. Rattlesnake Fern.
June 30. Oak Fern. Spinulose Wood Fern and Varieties.