Imperial Quarto, 16 by 12 in., elegantly bound in cloth, price 8s. 



THE FEUIT PORTFOLIO, 



By FRANCIS GEORGE HEATH, 



Includes in 15 plates elaborately drawn life size, exquisitely coloured 

 from nature, and accompanied by descriptive text, all the species of 

 British Ferns, which comprise a large proportion of the ferns of 



America, and of many other parts of the world. 



%* This work stands alone, as no other publication dealing with 



the subject gives absolute facsimiles in form, colour, and venation 



of the fronds of ferns. 



Some Opinions of " Heath's Fern Portfolio." 



THE AUTHOR OF " LORNA DOONE." 

 " The plates are wonderful" 



THE TIMES. 



"We need hardly praise the ' Fern Portfolio,' seeing that it is one of the 

 productions of Mr. Heath. Improving upon ' Our Woodland Trees,' in which 

 the leaves were reduced, this portfolio gives a series of life-size representations 



of the fronds of our British ferns The volume will be of great 



interest and value to botanical tourists and botanical residents in the country." 



FIELD. 



" The drawings have in every case been made from actual specimens 

 collected by the author, and evidently represent the characteristic ferns with 

 much accuracy. To persons fond of collecting ferns the work will be a boon, 

 presenting, as it does, so ready a means of identifying the specimens they 

 gather, independently of the botanical description printed opposite to each 

 species." 



GRAPHIC. 



"All the ferns are life-sized, and so beautifully done, that we can well 

 believe they are ' absolute facsimiles.' " 



KNOWLEDGE. 



" Nothing more beautiful in the shape of botanical illustrations than these 

 life-sized and life-like drawings of the fronds of our British ferns has ever been 



issued So admirably are the figures drawn and coloured as to be 



for all practical purposes of comparison equivalent to the plants which they 

 copy with such minute fidelity." 



GARDENER'S CHRONICLE. 



"Within the limits expressly prescribed by the author himself we have 

 nothing but praise to bestow, as 'the representations of the fronds are life-like 

 and accurate. ' 



SCHOOL BOARD CHRONICLE. 



" It is an exquisite and unique work." 



COLONIES AND INDIA. 

 " Fern lovers all over the world will be interested in this work." 



London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 



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