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How to Know the Ferns by Frances Theodora Parsons
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: How to Know the Ferns by Frances Theodora Parsons Frances Parsons was an American naturalist and author. She is best remembered for her book on American Wildflowers, but this book is a favorite of mine. One of the reasons I’m a huge Parsons fan is because of her…
Read MoreFrances Theodora Parsons: Wildflowers, Ferns, and the Poetry of Grief
by Frances Theodora Parsons The marshes stretch to the dunes and the dunes sweep down to the sea, And the sea is wooing the meadow which waits with an open door; Then a melody sweet to the hearer floats up from the murmuring lea Till the sea slips seaward again and the land is athirst…
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