W, TH ACKER <^ CO., LONDON. 



300 Illustrations. Imperial xdmo. Rs. 10. (i2i. 6^.) 



Uniform with " Lays of Ind," " Hindu Mythology," " Riding," " Natural History 



of the Mammalia of India," &c. 



A POPULAR HANDBOOK 



OF 



INDIAN" FEKNS. 



By colonel R. H. BEDDOME, 



AUTHOR OF THE " FERNS OF BRITISH INDIA," " THE FERNS OF SOUTHERN INDIA." 



" It is the first special book of portable 

 size and moderate price which has been 

 devoted to Indian Ferns, and is in every 

 way deserving of the extensive circulation 

 it is sure to obtain. " — Nature. 



' ' I have just seen a new work on Indian 

 Ferns which will prove vastly interesting, 

 not only to the Indian people, but to the 

 botanists of this country," — Indian Daily 

 News. 



' ' ' The Ferns of India. ' This is a good 

 book, being of a useful and trustworthy 

 character. The species are familiarly de- 

 scribed, and most of them illustrated by 

 small figures." — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



' ' Those interested in botany will do well 

 to procure a new work on the ' Ferns of 

 British India.' The work will prove a 

 first-class text book." — Free Press. 



THREE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR. 



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