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Powdered male fern, a quarter of an ounce.

Now, only a week before Christmas, the male fern is still in handsome green masses; Blechnum is still good, and common Polypody at its best.

The liquid extract of male fern is the only drug used with much success.

The same authors also recommend extract of male fern for the treatment of fluke disease.

Occasionally, by the side of a copse, we may come upon a great bed of the male fern, which frequently keeps green all the winter.