W. TH ACKER &- CO., LONDON. 



363 



Imperial i6mo. i8j. od. 



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

 History of the Mammalia of India," &c. 



A POPULAR HANDBOOK 



OF 



INDIAN FERNS. 



By colonel R. H. BEDDOME, 



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



"It is the first special book of port- 

 able 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, 

 June 14th, 1883. 



"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." — hidian Daily News. 



"'The Ferns of India.' This is a 

 good book, being of a useful and trust- 

 worthy character. The species are 

 familiarly described, and most of them 

 illustrated by small Hgnves.^' -Gardene7's^ 

 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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