IV THE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



may not readily be discerned by the unaided eye in the 

 . figures. 



Illustrations are also given in the chapter entitled 

 " Definitions of Terms," and will, it is believed, add 

 force and clearness to the explanations of that chapter. 



But a feature of this little volume, which the Author 

 believes is quite new to Fern literature, is the illustration 

 of the chapter on " Fern Habitats." That so especial 

 a feature of " WHERE TO FIND FERNS " will be widely 

 appreciated by lovers of the beautiful plants which 

 form its subject, the Author confidently believes. 



It is unusual for the author of a book to say anything 

 about its price; but in this instance the price of the 

 volume has been a careful subject of study, with the 

 object of widely increasing the love for a recreation 

 whose pursuit must exercise a wholesome and healthy 

 influence upon the public mind an influence which, 

 at once purifying and elevating, is calculated to raise 

 the thoughts to better things, leading the mind from a 

 contemplation of the beauty of Nature to the great 

 Giver of all good things. 



The price, therefore, of the volume, bound in cloth, 

 is fixed at EIGHTEENPENCE ; and as in this respect it 

 stands alone amongst books of its kind, only a very large 

 sale can make its issue remunerative. 



LONDON, May, 1885. 



