J.O.S. 



TO HIS GRACE 



HENEY PELHAM-riENNES-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 



'XiTURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS' 



IS WITH PERMISSION DEDICATED 



BY HIS GRACES MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT 



THE AUTHOR. 



