CONTENTS, 



The Illustrations ... ... ... ... page v 



I. Explanatory ... I 



II. Definitions of Terms 4 



III. Fern Habitats 19 



IV. On the Cultivation of Ferns 45 



V. The Bracken (Pteris aquilina} ... 50 



VI. The Hartstongue (Scolopendrium -vulgare) ... ... 52 



VII. The Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-fcemina) 56 



VIII. The Hard Fern (Blechnum spicanf) 58 



IX. The Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) ... ... ... 62 



X. The True Maidenhair (Adiantum capilhts-veneris) ... 66 



XI. The Annual Maidenhair (Gymnogramma leptophylla) 70 



XII. The Mountain Parsley Fern (Allosorus crispus) ... 72 



XIII. The Bristle Fern ( Triclwmanes radicans) ... ... 76 



XIV. The Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria) ... ... ... 79 



XV. The Adders-tongue (Ophioglossitm vulgatuni) ... 80 



XVI. The Little Adders-tongue (Ophioglossum lusitanicum} 81 



XVII. The Common Polypody (Polypodium vulgare) ... 82 



XVIII. The Mountain Polypody (Polypodium'phegopteris) ... 84 



XIX. The Three-branched Polypody (Polypodium dryo- 



pteris) 86 



XX. The Limestone Polypody (Polypodium calcareum) ... 87 

 XXI. The Alpine Polypody (Polypodium alpestre) 89 



XXII. The Hard Prickly Shield Fern (Polystichum aculeatuni) 90 



XXIII. The Soft Prickly Shield Fern (Polystichum angulare) 92 



XXIV. The Holly Fern (Polystichum lonchitis) 93 



XXV. The Brittle Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) ... 95 



XXVI. The Alpine Bladder Fern (Cystopteris regia) 97 



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