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“THE FERN PARADISE” (continued). 
SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS 
(FIRST EDITION) 
SELECTED FROM 100 FAvouRABLE REVIEWS. 
Saturday Review. 
“Tt is an appropriate undertaking for a practical philanthropist to bring home fern hunting 
and fern culture to the mind and eye ofthe many. . . . The plan of Mr. Heath’s book is well 
conceived, First he stimulates a taste for the fernery by vivid descriptions of fernland and 
its unflowering botanic inhabitants ; and this done, he introduces us to a dozen typical ‘single 
ferns,’ the only species of their respective genera, afterwards discussing some seven interesting 
fern groups: and all this simply and clearly, and yet with enough of exactness to prevent 
any scientific reader having the right to cavil at an untechnicality, which is an especial boon to 
the general reader and amateur fern fancier. . . . Unless Mr. Heath himself paints on canvas 
as cleverly as he depicts on paper the scenes with which his favourite plants are connected, 
it might be worth an artist’s while to visit some of the haunts and outlooks of his Devonian 
rambles.” 
Garden. 
“This book has for its acknowledged object the development of the popular taste for ferns. 
If an enthusiastic appreciation of his subject, a vivid imagination, and splendid powers of 
description are likely to assist in the accomplishment of the author’s purpose, Mr. Heath will 
probably have the satisfaction of knowing in time that he has been successful. His work has 
evidently been a labour of love ; and wisely choosing to approach his subject from an esthetic 
rather than froma scientific point of view, the opportunity has been afforded for descriptive 
writing of a kind rarely to be found in works bearing upon botanical matters.” 
Morning Post. 
“*«The Fern Paradise’ comes from the pen of a well-known writer on popular subjects. 
While Mr. Heath makes his plea for the culture of ferns almost irresistible by his alluring 
sketches of ‘the fern paradise of England,’ he also shows how readily the most charming 
features of that paradise may be utilized for the ornamentation even of the humblest dwellings.” 
Spectator, 
“With the view of promoting fern culture it is that Mr. Heath has produced this charming 
volume, which, written, it is needless to say, con amore, will not only enchant the fern lover, 
but will also please and instruct the general reader.” 
British Quarterly Review. 
** We earnestly commend this volume, written by one who is an intense lover of nature, and 
who has thrown around his subject not only the light of science but the charm of enthusiasm 
and poetry.” 
Standard, 
“«The chapters which the author devotes to accounts of rambles amongst green lanes and 
shady nooks are delightfully fresh and full of picturesque descriptions and delicate word- 
painting. - Lovers of the beautiful in nature could desire no more charming programme for a 
country holiday than to follow, ‘The Fern Paradise’ in hand, Mr. Heath’s wanderings. .. . 
We have read with great pleasure his charming descriptions.” 
QLLUSTRATED EDITION.) 
Saturday Review. 
: ae Ai lovers of ferns will be delighted with the Fourth and Illustrated Edition of Mr Heath’s 
ook. 
British Quarterly Review. 
“Mr. Heath has rewritten a great part of his popular and charming work. . . . A book 
which has passed out of the province of the reviewer and received the zmprimatur of popular 
approval. In its more sumptuous form it is a very charming drawing-room book.” 
