J.D.S. 



TO HIS GRACE 



HENRY PELHAM-FIENNES-PELHAM CLINTON, KG., 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 AUTHOB. 



