CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 FERN LAND. 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION .... .5 



CHAP. I. FERN LAND ..... 13 



II. A PARADISE OF FERNS . . .23 



III. FERNY RAMBLES IN SOUTH DEVON . 39 



IV. THE FERNY MOORLANDS . * 57 

 V. DOWN A GREEN LANE! . . 79 



VI. WHAT is A FERN? ... 97 



VII. A FERN PARADISE AT HOME , 107 



PART II. 



FERNS AND FERN CULTURE. 



INTRODUCTION . . , . 119 



SECTION I. 



SINGLE FERNS. 



CHAP. I. THE BRACKEN . . * .123 



II. THE HARTSTONGUE . . . .133 



III. THE LADY FERN . .138 



IV. THE HARD FERN . ^ . 144 

 V. THE ROYAL FERN * .148 



