A/T OST of tne cuts fur tnis booklet are from 

 -^ ■*- photographs of ferns made by Mrs. 

 Bennett, and used bere for tbe first time. Tbe 

 illustrations for tbe long beecb purple, cliff brake, 

 maidenbair, oak, marginal sbield, crested sbield, 

 spmulose wood, silvery spleenwort and sensitive 

 ferns are from Miss Harper s negatives, and are 

 part of a collection made by ber to illustrate a 

 booklet issued by tbe Cbicago, Milwaukee and 

 St. Paul railroad. 



