360 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
them favourites. After a little study, the common kinds are 
not difficult to determine. I have mentioned the ten most 
usually found in all neighbourhoods, and probably they will 
every one be discovered by the young and industrious student 
in the first season ; if so, I advise the purchase of Newman’s 
‘History of British Ferns,’ which is a valuable little work, 
and of which I have made great use in these descriptions. 
The elegance of the genera Asplenium and Aspidium must 
delight every one; and when the curious seed-vessel is exa- 
mined, and the species known, there will be much greater 
pleasure in meeting with them. ‘The discoverer of the 
Osmunda regalis will be charmed with its noble appearance 
and fine fronds. There 1s, therefore, still something to interest 
those who do not shut their eyes to the works of the great 
Creator of all things. - 
TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
PETALOIDES. TRIDACE. 
CROCUS. (Crocvs.) rk 
bs 
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pr 
Generic Character. See page 42. 
Orocus sativus. Saffron Crocus. This species is exten- 
sively cultivated in Essex for its stigmas or pistils, which are 
