BEAUTY OF THE FERN-TRIBE. 30 
We know nothing of the grandeur of ferns in 
our own country. Few among those who pick 
up their strange stems by the way-side, would 
TREE FERNS, 
imagine that, in warmer regions, they even ,be- 
come trees, To look at the accompanying figure, 
we should at first suppose these tall and elegantly 
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