PREFACE. 



ENCOURAGED by the kind wishes of friends, as well as 

 the opinions of less partial advisers, I have ventured to 

 publish my Album of Indian Ferns. In doing so I have simply 

 given them their names, believing that any attempt at fuller de- 

 scription would not add to their value in the eyes of those merely 

 seeking some idea of their natural beauty on their native hills ; 

 while it would be unneeded by those already specially interested in 

 the Fern Family, and who will regard them only as renewing or 

 augmenting their acquaintance with it. I would gladly think that 

 some who may glance at the results of my careful study, whether 

 botanists or not, may experience some of the pleasure I enjoyed 

 while pursuing it in my mountain abode on the Shevaroys. 



C. E. BAYNES. 



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