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““THE FERN PARADISE’ has won its way toa most deservedly high place 
in popular estimation."—STANDARD. 
ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF “THE FERN PARADISE.” 
In Large Post 8vo, elegantly bound in Cloth (Ferns in gold on green ground), gill 
edges, 490 pages, price 125. 6d. 
A REVISED, GREATLY ENLARGED, AND ILLUSTRATED EDITION 
(BEInc THE FourtH) 
OF 
THE FERN PARADISE: 
A PLEA FOR THE CULTURE OF FERNS. 
By FRANCIS GEORGE HEATH, 
AvuTHOR oF “OuR Wooptanp Trees,” ‘THe Fern Wortp,” ‘‘THe ENGLISH 
_ Peasantry,” “THE ‘RomMANcE’ or Peasant Lire,” &c., &c. 
The New Edition of this popular and well-known Work is illustrated throughout—the 
Illustrations comprising a Pictorial Title-Page, Four Copyright Woodburytype Photo- 
graphs of Views in one of the most charming “ Green Lanes” of Devon, Eight Full-page 
Lngravings of Scenery from Drawings by Birket Foster, Eight Plates of Grouped 
Ferns comprising all the British Species, and numerous Woodcuts. 
CONTENTS. 
PART I. 
Fernland.—Introduction—A Paradise of Ferns—Ferny Rambles in South Devon—The 
Ferny Moorlands—Down a Green Lane 
PART II. 
A Fern Paradise at Home.—Introduction—Means to the End—Ferns on the Lawn— 
Fern Windows—Ferns and Aquaria—Miniature Fern Caverns. 
PART III. 
The Hygienic Influence of Plants in Rooms,—Introduction—The Influence of 
Plants in Rooms. 
PART IV. 
Ferns and Fern Culture,—Introduction—What ‘is a Fern ?—About Soil for Ferns— 
Single British Ferns—Fern Groups—The Polypodies—The Shield Ferns—The Bladder 
Ferns—The Woodsias—The Buckler Ferns—The Spleenworts—The Filmy Ferns— 
L’Envot. (Over.) 
