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CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES . . i 



II. LIFE HISTORIES . . . -13 



III. YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY . . .23 



IV. THREE DAINTY FERNS . . -33 

 V. THE BRACKEN FERN AND Two INTEREST- 

 ING SPECIES . . . . .38 



VI. THE MALE FERN AND ITS RELATIVES . 46 



VII. THE LADY FERN AND THE SPLEENWORTS . 66 



VIII. THE POLYPODIES . . . .86 



IX. THE ROYAL FERN . . . -93 



X. FOUR CURIOUS FERNS . . .96 



XL THE CLUB MOSSES .... 101 



XII. THE HORSETAILS . . . .112 



XIII. FERN COLLECTING AND PRESERVING . 122 



XIV. THE CULTURE OF FERNS . . . 129 

 INDEX ...../. 133 



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