LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE 



I. Ferns in a Mixed Border . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



II. Youth and Age in the Cinnamon Fern 4 



III. Two Valuable Garden Ferns . . 7 



IV. The Fruits of the Ferns . 8 

 V. Fronds of the Oak and Beech Ferns 13 



VI. Contrasting Types of Fern Foliage . 16 

 VII. (a) The Maidenhair at Home — (b) The 



Wall-Rue on a Rocky Ledge . . 21 



VIII. A Regal Beauty 22 



IX. A Treasure of the New England Woods . 29 



X. The Shield Ferns as Pot Plants . . 32 



XI. The Most Variable of All Ferns . . 39 



XII. The Oak and the Beech Ferns . . 41 



XIII. The Christmas Fern ... 43 



XIV. Nothing Better for a Stony Bank . 50 

 XV. The Purple Cliff Brake at Home . 52 



XVI. The Ebony Spleenwort .... 54 



XVII. A Trio of Spleenworts .... 57 



XVIII. The Narrow-leaved Spleenwort . . 58 



XIX. A Fern for Sun or Shade ... 67 



XX. The Most Graceful and Delicate of Our 



Common Ferns .... 68 



XXI. The Walking Fern .... 73 



