Leather wood fern (Dryopteris marginalis) is a vigorous grower.

In addition to the manuscripts, the Oshatzes make scarves of reproductions of fine arts pieces, musical instruments and a jazz theme, as well as renditions of spreading wood fern, bamboo, horse racing, even a whimsical "seeking" scarf based on newspaper personals ads.

THE deciduous Wallich's wood fern has an attractive shuttlecock shape.

TODAY'S SARABAND SELECTIONS: BANGOR: 2.30 Pavanne, 3.05 Fantastic Arts, 3.40 Wood Fern, 4.15 Laoch Dubh, 4.50 Native City, 5.25 Bonneta.

NAOMI MATTHEW: 2.20 Daylami Dreams, 2.50 The Honest Fiddler, 3.25 Wood Fern, 4.00 Bafana Boy, 4.35 Scuzme, 5.05 Poseidon's Secret, 5.35 Bardolet.

Dryopteris erythrosora The hardy wood fern's feathery new growth blends copper, pink, and gold tones that turn rust-colored in fall.

All-weather action is at Wolverhampton, where Wood Fern can gain reward for a hat-trick of secondplaced finishes in the Holiday Inn Garden Court Wolverhampton Handicap.

Another trainer grateful for every winner at the moment is Mick Channon, who has experienced a disappointing mid-season lull but moved on to 51 for the campaign when Wood Fern took the Dearle & Henderson Selling Stakes.

My nap, Wood Fern (4.40), is taken to recoup losses incurred on her expensive debut defeat in a hot Ripon maiden.

The following families are in the order Polypodiales treated in this paper are Dryopteridaceae (wood fern family), Hymenophyllaceae (filmy fern family), Lygodiaceae (climbing fern family), Marsileaceae (water-clover family), and Osmundaceae (royal fern family).

NAOMI MATTHEW: 2.10 Tank Top, 2.40 Trigger The Light, 3.10 Crescent Island, 3.40 Back Among Friends, 4.10 Phardessa, 4.40 Dickie Lewis, 5.10 Wood Fern.