My assortment of ferns is small, but I noted seven species: the brake, the polypody, the hay-scented, and four species of shield-ferns,-Aspidium Noveboracense, Aspidium spinulosum, variety Intermedium, Aspidium marginale, and the Christmas fern, Aspidium acrostichoides.
"A Rambler's lease"
Bradford Torrey
In vain did he address himself to his fellow labourer in revolutionary plots, the Counsellor of State, Real, who had been the Intermedium between him and Talleyrand, when he was first enlisted among the secret agents; instead of receiving money he heard threats; and, therefore, with as good grace as he could, he made the best of his disappointment; he sported a carriage, kept a mistress, went to gambling-houses, and is now in a fair way to be reduced to the status quo before his brilliant exploits in Great Britain.
"The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte"
Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton
L. latifolium angustifolia has narrower leaves than those of the species, while L. latifolium Intermedium is of neat growth and bears pretty, showy flowers.
"Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs"
A. D. Webster