LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



' ' The cheerful community of the polypody " . Frontispiece 



From a photograph by Miss Madeline Smith. 



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New York Fern . . . , . v , .*... xvi 



" The greatest charm the ferns possess is that of their 

 surroundings" . . . .12 



From a photograph by Mr. Augustus Pruyn. 



Fiddleheads ., . . . 18 



Fragile Bladder Fern . . , . . 79 



Crested Shield Fern 20 



Purple Cliff Brake . . . . . .... .22 



Ternate Grape Fern 24 



Evergreen Wood Fern . . . , . . . 27 



Sensitive Fern 55 



Cinnamon Fern . .60 



Royal Fern . 68 



Interrupted Fern 74 



Climbing Fern 75 



Rattlesnake Fern - 80 



Slender Cliff Brake . . . . . . . 8$ 



" Tbe unpromising wall of rock which rose beside us" , c* 



From a photograph by Miss Ledyard! 

 xiii 



