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_ -_ - .1 .!.— The Ferns of P.E.I.

A series of articles recently ap- peared in these columns, having for its object the familiarizing of our ferns; and as the study calls for exactness of description many technical terms were necessarily used. Botanical classification is certainly rather dry entertainment until one gets well into the game! These notes will, I trust, be lighter in character, calling attention to the uses and life-history of this great Natural Order. Just "t. this point, may I suggest that a prize for the best mounted collection of Island ferns would lend novelty to the Prize List of our School Fairs.

(l) The Common Polypody (Polypodium vulgare) is found in Asia, Europe and America. Our Polypody is more triangular in shape of frond, and thinner in tex- ture than the British form, which diirergencies do not, to my mind, constitute a specific difference. Many writers, however, are new calling this plant P. virginianum L. because Linneaus so named a plant which he received from the USA: and which had much the same character as the Island species, To- wards the Rocky Mountains and on the Pacific coast the Polypody cannot be distinguished from the Eurasian plant. The name Poly- pcciy means "many feet" from the mixch-branched, creeping, subter- ranean stem. This fern is apparent- ly very rare in the Province; I have seen a specimen from Dunk River. It must be lurked for on rocks and rocky banks, where it is able to endure drought that would kill out most other ferns.

(2) The Beech Fern (Phegopteris Polypodioides) is sadly over-

-burdened with synonyms. As a

matter oI curiosity I looked up all the books on ferns that I possess (six in number) and I find four distinct scientificnames for this unlucky plant! We can be sure what is meant because each writer gives the popular name “Beech Fern": but does not explain why it ls so called. It does not seem to have any special preference for beech woods; in fact. when I have come across this fern, it has al- wagvs been in damp coniferous woods

‘and especially if they are on hill-

sides. The upward and forward ‘spring’ of the lowest pair of pinnae is very characteristic of the Beechi Fern.

(3) The Oak Fern (Phegopterls Dryopteris) has almost as namy Latin names as its relative the Beech Fern, but here again the popular name keeps us from error. This is a fern of the moist woods and swamps, and if’ it has any preference at all it is for conifer- ous woods. The stipes (leaf-stalk) divides into three at its summit and appears to carry three separ- ate fronds, of a lovely green color. Before these fronds unfold, they are rolled up tightly into little balls, which. one imaginative writer says, resemble the old sign of the pawn- brokers three balls! (By the way, those three golden balls are three gilded pills-the coat-of-arms of thc Medicial family, who were physi- cians before they turned money- lenders). '

Amid the Cambrian Fells (3)

My holiday was over too soon, and it was sixteen years before I got back to Garrigil. One looks forward to revisiting the scenes of youth and expects to find them in much the same shape as when last seen. Seldom is the dream realiz- ed. I found Bcldy Mill in posses-

_sion of a stranger. and learned that

the good old miller of former days had been resting in Garrlgll churchyard for ten years. whither his wife had followed him; and his daughter Isabella had married and gone to live in London. All the young folk had dispersed; only one person recollccted the lad who had

stayed in the village for his school

holidays. I took up my quarters therefore at the inn, yclcpt the “Green Dragon", (a rambling old structurcffuli of black oak panel- ling), which stood just outside thc graveyard wall. In olden days the inn was always built close to the parish church, because people often came long distances to worship and to attend funerals, etc.; and it was important to have "shelter for man and beast" right at hand. The bedroom assigned to me was as big as two modern rooms. and was lined with black oak panels; a sombre room. In one corner next to a window was a door which open- ed on to an open-air stone stair- way that led down to the road. Some very old farm-houses were built with the machine sheds and stables on the ground level, and the living quarters above, for econ-

omy's sake; and this explains the outside stairway. (when Mussolini drained the Campagne, and built, three cites thereon (an effort which marks him as a man of genius), he built the farmhouses in this style). This door at the Green Dragon was made of some kind of pine, and when the sun- shine fell on it the panels-from the inside-glowed like red-stained glass.

It was Saturday when I reach- ed the village, and the month was August. Everybody was hard at work for now the only industry of the place was the farming; u“; lead-mining was about done. This meant that I'd have to depend largely on myself for company. I renewed my acquaintance with the falls, then covered with the purple bloom of ling and heather and the golden gorse.

That night, after "tea", which is our supper-for the English have a supper later on-hearing voices in the tap-loom, I decided to investi- gate. The tap-room had a floor of large squale flagstoties, pcrhups slate, which had been whitened with chalk for the week end. At one end of the room burnt a cheerful fire of coal and pSai, and it was needed too, in ihnt cool moist climate. At the other end was the "bar" with an assortment of bottles and kegs. The talking came from an otter-dressed fellow who was giving three ancients the gist of his experience in Man- chester whence he had ccme as travelling salesman for some firm. The old lads were not say- ing much, but “taking all of it in" in great style, and when the travel- ler showed signs of slowing down. one of them would come out with a question that started him off again. The scene was amusing be-

cause the story-teller imagined that

he was gulling the rustics, while the old fellows were deep and kept him going. I, of course, covered my- self with British reserve, and left it for these old inhabitants to make thc first advance: that was tlh best plan for dealing with the Cumbrian country-folk. After a few days they began to warm to thc stranger, and would discuss life as they found it.

I was not due back to Newcastle till September, and saw the fells at their best, clothed with purple and gold. The coiuitry-folk told me that provisions for the winter were even then being carried to outlying farms, for travelling in thatscason was almost impossible. Thcn the fcils arc mantled with snow, drenched with torrential rains, or sometimes shrouded in the mist of low-lying clouds. The limited visibility due to mist. is one of the greatest ciungcrs the traveller can encounter. He misses the track, and wanders into a half- frozen swamp, or takes a header into a level drift which conceals a hollow, and at last begins to won- dcr if he will ever get to the path again.

I conclude this series with the hope that this slight sketch of Cumbrian life may interest my

readers: but if they desire a narra- tive iliumined with the glow of genius, let them procure the two Cumbrian tales written by Hall Coine, himself (I think) a. native of thc country. They are "n15 Shadows of a Crime" and “ A Son 0f Huger" and are well worth reading. Odds and Ends

The Law of Retaliation. The Bible, although the best seller in the world today, is probably not as much read as it used to bc. say fifty Years ago, and is certainly criticis- ed much more, the Old Testament bearing the brunt. Most of the “popular" criticism that I have heard, is due to"lack of under- standing. We have the intelligentsia who object to the story of the Crea- tion and tire like, ncvcr reflecting that the Book of Books was not written as n Text Book of Science, but to tench the way of lifc. The Mosaic laws, and in particular thc “lex inlionis" as we call it. are stumbling-blocks to others. "An cyc for an eye, and a tooth for a tosth“ taken literally, seems a hard and unsympathetic law, but. as a. matter. of fact it limited the ven- geancc that these semi-savage Nomads might enact. It was a great ndvnncc when they wcrc brought to sec that "a lifc for an eye“ was not justice. The Sermon on the Mount carries these laws still further, from mere justice to sympathy.

Small Things. Scientists tell us that the smallest vertebrate lback- boned animal) must be sought for in the streams of Lumn, one of the Philippine Islands. It is the tiny

TIHELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITII r

Silver Fox Farming h)

Michael Lubbock and Jan". gan- und other furs. Like all the men , aid, representing the Hudson‘ Bay who have risen in the service of the 1 Company of London, England, \vcrc:Company' in Canada he has had a visitors during Fox Show wcekflthorough training and is now en- leaving for Winnipeg or! Thuruiayjoying a more comfortable exper-_ noon by plane. Mr. Lubbock ‘came iencc soliciting conigunrenis fin‘: here u yczu" ago inst June on Gover- 1 London, being a member of the P l.‘ nor Ashley's" Jtufif. He i; a gratl- 'I‘radc Conlmissicncfs staff at Win- uaic of Oxford University and has nipeg. ' also had several years experience in. banking with the old firm of Barlnt§1 3105- Hi3 1111911!“ i0 SDi-‘nd flnvlherat Charlottetown was a great suc- yeal‘ or more in Canada getting first ‘ (‘e53 in many ways but in one pap.

position to have a more rcailstic no quggflgfL

oiherwL-e be the case.

it been held as alway; since its in- Everyone who met Mr. Lubbock- ccption~the early part of November. and there were many—were charm-

fountuin of learning in Great Brii- nmny places n5 pQ55ible' r011“; Show ain. The wholedhing reminded one of a magnificent banquet wt for six James Donald onnu- to Canada ul- hundred, but with only o. few guests‘ most a (ll-cath- our» and 11h‘ 1-‘PP11 drawing up to partake of the feast. through severul 01 the C<uui1uu.\"> 1 his iloes not Trier to our local at- 111015 111 111i‘ 141‘ 11111111 1111911‘ 11111.)‘ tcuilnnce, which on \Verlne.=day' set one or two white men cuter» i0 =1 ;\ i-eeord fer that day and would lame uulnbrl" of l-Iskimos. lrrullurl have been still greater on Thursday the wares and products of viwllza- umi pyimp; ‘WI-e i, not ‘or the m? lion with ihc natives for the peltries l‘ 41-195 of 11m elglngnti of the white fox, hlue fox, polar bear l ___ . ' A. a. Sllcvibflll of Ohatham, N. 1a.,

.0n of a former Lieutenant Gover- ncr of that Province, spent three

"Luzon fish", Mistichthys Luzon- cnsixoniy onc-quarler, iiwh m1 at the Charlottetown Fox length. Small us this is. it must,

_ l t u one Cored me , and was greatly impressed gm’ p ace o 1c ' ‘1 _ 1 "tl vi‘ 1w He ‘ ier- living Pleuromonas 1M l \ “L he s‘ ' 15 cons a

jaculans’ an1ablc of a fcx breeder himself and “nimm belonging to we ‘rather intends shelving animals at the New hazy kingdom of thc Proiozoausm‘Brunwitk fox bhow okmy in De_ It is not imccmmon in ponds and Cember’ ditches, but as it ranges from to ii to 8 microns in breadth. it is not a. Wm MaéLeod of the Maritime subject for easy study. 1A micron is Farmer‘ Sussex’ épcm Tuesday, the thousandth part of a miilimct- rwcdnesday and T-hursday at the Fox er). ‘ , Show and would liked to have wait- 111 11 l>°11K1 11151 T101055 i1" H1115- ‘cd until the end but on accouzi, o.‘ boro Bridge, on the road to Mount lhis necessary attendance at '

Lin: Herbert, I once found a luxuriant Royal Winter Fair could not do so. ‘growth of Duckwccd, i1 Lcnuml. jMany will rclnembei‘ his father’ M. This is the smallest of our flowcr- lA. hiacbcocl, who pas ed away lust ing plants, consisting apparently iyfilll‘ t0 i116 FEET“ 0f LhOU-Sfllldfi W110

of a. single leaf, from 1.5 to 5 mil- limeters. in breadth, supporting a single stnmcn and a single Dlfilll. The leaf is really a floating ihznius which reproduces itself by budding and if left unciisrtirbcd will soon cover a. pond with a mat of vegeta- lion. There is a smaller: plant. thc Wolffia, with much the some struc- ture, but I have not seen i; hcrc. Tobacco Heart. I have often won- dered if thc cigarette habit. so cx- tensively in vogue with young foil: of both SIXPS, will not have a great part in thc downfall of thc race. Newcasilc-on-Tyiie is a garrison town, and on certain main thoroughfares "recruiting sor- gennls" were always to be sccu. I used to puss one of these men c\'cr_v day and nfivr a while we l)C"JiimC ncqilainted, He was a very intel- llgcnt mun I found. and profound- ly religicus--\\'liicl1 was not by axiy means a common thing among sol- diers-bciug a communicant at St. Mary's R. C. Church. I-le explain- ed thc procedure in enlisting a recruit, and laid great stress on the medical examination. It seemed that most of the recruits, when the doctor listened to the beating of tire-fr hearts. were not accepted be- cause of irregularity in the beats. Tobacco heart. thc sergeant called it, and said it Wllh a kind of nim- tinc poisoniizg. "Show your thumbs", thc doctor would say‘, and the prospective warrior would hold up nicotine stnincd digits. "Ah, a. cigarette fiend " thc doctor would say. "You g0 home, give up cigarettes and come back in n fortnight, and I'll sec if your heart is working right thcn." The recruit. once he pnssrzl, became a changed man. In those days thc army was recruited fronr “strcct- corner men", wccdy individuals from the slums. The plnin good food at regular hours, and plenty of straightciiirig-rrp cxcrcisc, sonn made thcrn look like regular heroes! And the military pay was not sucll as permitted too many cigarettes.

\VE CAN SECURE YOUR

ikncw him. Of the kindlicst pers- ionallty and deep knowledge cf agri- 1l'lllilll'2ll matters, he is greafy mis- std, but his son is following in hi" father's footsteps, being a. regular

."Cllip off the old block“ in regard to ‘

ability to wrilc intelligently and with the facility for making iriends.

H. Gordon, who has u fox ranch H1021? Alc-ntrcul, was another gentle- lman who took in every angle oi the [Fox Show. He ha: done very wil in his venture and states that in his locality llc 11:15; the only fox ranch. It is a rich (ldiry section, having an excellent milk trade with the me- tropols. Feed is very cheap in that he can pick up offal from local but- chers for the proverbial song. "Feed cost ," said Mr. Gordon‘ “are not more than one and a lialfkcnfs p.'r day for inc. Last year ‘I sold‘ my pelts to quite good advantage and found that I had made good money. I ivculfl like to have some foxes like they are showing here today. I am sure if I had I could average much higher figures for pelts."

An article on increasing the fer- tility ln Silver Foxes, by Prof. Karl Machacek, from far-away Czecho- slovakia‘ appears. in the November issue of the Fur ‘Trade Journal of Canada from which we have taken the following excerpts: ‘The author has repeated his trials in giving vit- amin E mixed with prclnn to foxes at propagating time of this year. The rcsuiis orfninetl are particularly hater-c ting and much can be learn- ccl about them. In order to get re- sult-; the preparation has t/o be ad- ministered in small doses from the end of October onwards. Alterations inside thc ovaries of the female lakes place by the middle of No- vember of thc preceding year. Tile initiation of thi< change is caused by prolan. Vitamin E is corridor- cd by many research workers as identical with the hormone c“. ".- ovnrics, at lcnst that much can be said of the two that bo‘l1 are clcscly related with each other. At all cvcnis the prolan serves to ;tlmulate

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hand acquaintance with the varioirsuicular it was not up to former years. . Oi 11°Y1Y1°11°$ 0f any kind, evcn in‘ ramifications of the Companysnamely, there was a dearth of vds-lsman ‘1055’ durmg a" ~"“1"a"1°°‘1 “1161111112- many commercial projects so 11ml itors from abroad. This was due 101,-‘ on return to loomlon he will be in 8- the change of date, of that there is i 11151011 and as a 991150411013” dfl“ ' Duzens of buyem in. initely results in failure. The author ‘ “m,” A, n mum b‘. 1("):\:l\(l “m, view of tlungslCanndian than would eluding some from the Old Country, 1)“'I/1C11131'11' warm o: l111"c11““‘ M would have been here for foxes hag this time. The quantity of hormones

BORDER FOX SHOW

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