THE ILLUSTRATIONS, 



ILLUSTRATIONS of all the species of British Ferns are 

 included in this volume; and British Ferns, it must 

 be remembered, include species which comprise a not 

 inconsiderable portion of those to be found in many 

 other parts of the world than the British Islands. The 

 illustrations of these Ferns have been reduced from the 

 outlines which form the basis of the coloured figures 

 of " THE FERN PORTFOLIO," to which work this little 

 pocket-book is intended to be a companion. 



The high praise which the Press has bestowed upon 

 both the design and execution of the facsimile illustra- 

 tions of " THE FERN PORTFOLIO " may be allowed, the 

 Author trusts, to bespeak commendation for the very 

 carefully made reductions from those illustrations 

 photographically accurate and true in all but colour 

 included in " WHERE TO FIND FERNS." 



The figures in this volume are a little less than 

 one-third natural size. 



To prove the accuracy of the photographic reductions 

 of the figures, readers are invited to compare them, 

 by the aid of a pocket magnifying-glass, with those of 

 " THE FERN PORTFOLIO." The same process will enable 

 the reader to discover any points of detail that, 

 appearing in the accompanying descriptions in the text, 



