POPULAR HISTORY 



BRITISH FERNS 



AND THE ALLIED PLANTS, 



COMPRISING THE 



CLUB-MOSSES, PEPPERWORTS, AND HORSETAILS. 



BY 



THOMAS MOORE, E.L.S., &c., 



CURATOR OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN OF THE SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES, CHELSEA, 

 AND AUTHOR OF *A HANDBOOK OF BRITISH FERNS,' ETC., ETC. 



LONDON : 



REEVE AND BENHAM, 

 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 



1851. 



