1 82 THE FERN PARADISE. 



three species amongst the "fern groups" which 

 we shall now proceed to describe. We propose 

 to follow pretty closely the order observed by 

 the botanists arranging the thirty ferns which 

 we have yet to speak of in seven groups. These 

 we shall call the Polypodies, the Shield Ferns, the 

 Buckler Ferns, the Spleenworts, the Bladder Ferns, 

 the Woodsias, and the Filmy Ferns. 



