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magnificent ferns a mixture of swamp-muck and river-alluvion,
or fine loam, and will keep them supplied with abundant
moisture, he will be rewarded by much finer plants than he
would otherwise have. Such a bit of artificial bog will do
nicely for the species of Woodwardia also, and on the sunny
edges of it pitcher-plants and sundews and other interesting
bog-plants will be almost sure to thrive.
Plate X X IX ., Figs. 3 -5 . — Osmunda cinnamomea. Fig. 3 is an
entire plant from the country near Salem, Massachusetts, reduced to
almost one-eighth of the natural size. Fig. 4 is a sterile pinna, and
Fig. 5 a fertile pinna, both of the natural size.
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