CONTENTS. 



PAOB 



INTEODUCTION 1 



THE STRUCTURE OF FERNS 9 



PROPAGATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURE . 23 



DISTRIBUTION AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ASPECT . 32 



THE USES OF FERNS 36 



SELECTION AND PRESERVATION OF SPECIMENS 



FOR THE HERBARIUM 41 



THE CLASSIFICATION OF FERNS 46 



TABLE OF THE GROUPS AND GENERA OF BRITISH 



FERNS AND ALLIED PLANTS 48 



TABLE OF THE SPECIES AND VARIETIES ... 65 



