{"id":5363,"date":"2020-02-14T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T23:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&#038;p=5363"},"modified":"2022-10-20T15:54:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T22:54:29","slug":"how-to-know-the-ferns","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/how-to-know-the-ferns\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Know the Ferns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5364 \" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/FTP-e1666306172602-363x528.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/FTP-e1666306172602-363x528.png 363w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/FTP-e1666306172602-375x546.png 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/FTP-e1666306172602.png 412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/>While the Victorian fern craze of late 19<sup>th<\/sup> century Britain had less impact in North America, one noted author who recognized the need for a guide to the ferns of the northeastern United States was Frances Theodora Parsons (1861-1952), who wrote the field guide \u201cHow to Know the Ferns\u201d (1899).\u00a0 Parsons was very active in New York City and State politics and active advocate for women\u2019s suffrage.\u00a0 Her autobiography, written late in her long life, talked little of her botanical writing that included three other books.\u00a0 However, during her active botany period, before the death of her second husband in 1902, her books were very popular.<\/p>\n<p>She recognized that \u201cin England one finds books of all sizes and prices on the English ferns, while our beautiful American ferns are almost unknown, owing probably to the lack of attractive and inexpensive fern literature.\u201d\u00a0 Unusual for the time, her books were both written and illustrated by women, the artists being her sister and a long-time friend.\u00a0 Parsons books were also noted for the covers of their bindings, designed by book cover artist Margaret Armstrong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Excerpted from the Spring 2020 issue of the <em>Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Victorian fern craze of late 19th century Britain had less impact in North America, one noted author who recognized the need for a guide to the ferns of the northeastern United States was Frances Theodora Parsons (1861-1952), who wrote the field guide \u201cHow to Know the Ferns\u201d (1899).\u00a0 Parsons was very active in New York City and State politics and active advocate for women\u2019s suffrage.\u00a0 Her autobiography, written late in her long life, talked little of her botanical&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/how-to-know-the-ferns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Know the Ferns<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[100,22],"class_list":["post-5363","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","keyword-ferns","keyword-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/5363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=5363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}