Ferns well known — 'll'heir elegance — Qharaoterized Toy 

 the absenoe of floral development — Spores, and 

 Spore or Seed oases— Q^he varying form of Ferns— 

 (PeouUar mode of Early G-rowth- — Fern gathering' — ■ 

 'dThe fdale-feprn — Lady-fern — Sart's-tongue — ^rahe, 

 or ^raoken — (Polypody and its spores — Spleenwort — 

 ^oonwort — Horse-tail and jfidder's-tongue — Gha- 

 raoters common to Ferns — Gaudex, or Ifoot-stalk — 

 Stipe — Ilaohis and (Pinnce — Sori — Spores and Spore 

 eases — Exceptions to position of Spores on haok of 

 Frond, eto. 



