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A LITTLE FERN LITERATURE. 

 A. AMERICAN. 



Ferns of North America. By Prof. Daniel C. Eaton. Illus- 

 trated with colored plates drawn by J. H. Emerton. 4to. 

 This finely executed work contains descriptions of the North 

 American species miscellaneously arranged ; it contains also a 

 systematic arrangement with brief synoptical descriptions. It 

 was originally published in parts, and though somewhat expen- 

 sive, ought to be in the library of every lover of the subject. The 

 reputation of its author is a sufficient recommendation. 



Ferns of Kentucky. By John Williamson. Illustrated by the 

 author with etchings of the ferns of that state. 8vo. 



Fern Etchings. By John Williamson. 1879. Containing de- 

 scriptions and figures of all the ferns of the Northeastern United 

 States and Canada. 



Notes on Botrychium Simplex. By George E. Davenport. 4to, 

 paper. Containing valuable notes on this variable species and its 

 allies. 



Ferns in Their Homes and Ours. By John Robinson. Illustrated 

 with twenty-two plates. i2mo. A valuable outline of fern culti- 

 vation, indispensable to those desiring to undertake the cultiva- 

 tion of ferns either in conservatories or Wardian cases. 



The only strictly American work on structural botany that 

 treats of fern structure is the recently issued botany of the 

 "American Science Series," published by Henry Holt & Co. It 

 devotes twelve of six hundred pages to the subject of ferns. 



In addition to these works, which represent the entire fern 

 literature of our country, there are several catalogues of American 

 ferns, the best of which is the " Catalogue of the Davenport 

 Herbarium," by George E. Davenport, published in pamphlet 

 form and containing valuable notes, especially on geographical 

 distribution. Three other lists have been published ; one by John 

 Robinson and a second by William H. Edwards, both of which 

 are now deficient, owing to recent discoveries and changes in 

 nomenclature ; a third has been published by Prof Eaton (Sept. 

 1880), which is especially intended for an exchange list. 



It is almost unnecessary to add that no botanist or lover of the 

 science should be without the admirable Bulletin of the Torrey 

 Botanical Club, which furnishes valuable notes on ferns, as well 

 as other botanical orders. 



