CONTENTS. 



Page. 



INTRODUCTION . 1 



THE STRUCTURE OF FERNS 7 



PROPAGATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURE . . 20 



DISTRIBUTION AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ASPECT . . 29 



THE USES OF FERNS 33 



SELECTION AND PRESERVATION FOR THE HERBA- 

 RIUM 37 



THE CLASSIFICATION OF FERNS ...... 41 



TABLE OF THE GROUPS AND GENERA OF BRITISH 



FERNS AND ALLIED PLANTS .... 34 



TABLE OF THE SPECIES AND VARIETIES 49 



