TO HIS GRACE 



HENRY PELHAM-FIENNES-PELHAM CLINTON, K.G., P.C, 



DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, 



LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM, 



A NOBLEMAN UNIVERSALLY BELOVED 



FOR HIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORTH, 



THE 



^'NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS" 



IS WITH PERMISSION DEDICATED 

 BY HIS grace's MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT 



THE AUTHOR. 



