A SECOND EDITION IS NOW READY OP 



FRANCIS'S 



ANALYSIS OF THE 



BRITISH FERNS 



antr tf)m- allies; 



CONTAINING 



An Account of their Anatomical and General Structure ; Division 



into Tribes and Orders ; Generic and Specific Characters ; 



Synonymes ; Popular Description ; Properties and 



Uses ; Habitats ; General Distribution, 8$c. 



WITH 



A COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVING OF EVERY SPECIES, 



AND 



WOOD-CUTS OF THE GENERA & VARIETIES. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" The arrangement of this Work is excellent, and appears to be 

 altogether indispensable to the student of the British Ferns. The 

 Introduction contains much valuable matter." The Naturalist. 



" This elegant little volume on the British Ferns we can most 

 heartily recommend, having seldom met with a scientific work on the 

 same scale which has altogether pleased us so much. We are espe- 

 cially pleased with the frank independence and straight- forward manner 

 with which the Writer introduces the result of his labours to the 

 Public." Magazine of Natural History. 



4i We are anxious to offer to the Public and the Author our con- 

 gratulations on the appearance of this Work. Mr. Francis need not 

 fear comparison," Floricultural Magazine. 



" A Work we can honestly and heartily recommend which ought 

 to be in the hands of every student of the British Ferns, if he desire 

 to have a safe and interesting guide in the investigation of this pecu- 

 liarly attractive family. The neatness and elegance of the Figures is 

 really remarkable." Magazine of Zoology and Natural History. 



" This Work may safely be recommended for its accuracy and its 

 cheapness. The Engravings are executed with extraordinary accuracy 

 and beauty by the Author himself." London's Gardener's Magazine. 



" If without Mr. Francis's book the study of the Ferns be at all 

 interesting, with such an assistant the delight must be increased mani- 

 fold. The Work is exceedingly well printed, and we can strongly 

 recommend it to our readers." Gardener's Gazette. 



" Each species is carefully described and illustrated by a Figure 

 neatly engraved on copper, and copious references are given to the 

 places where the plants are found wild. It will form a useful guide 

 through a somewhat intricate subject." Athenaeum. 



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