HTHBLE OF CONTENTS^ 



PAGE. 



List of Authors, 13 



Introduction, 15 



CHAPTER I. Haunts, Habits and Distribution of Fern, . . 17 



CHAPTER II. Morphology of the Growing Ferns 26 



CHAPTER III. Fructification in Fern, 28 



CHAPTER IV. Germination of Fern Spores 37 



CHAPTER V. Fern Structure, 41 



CHAPTER VI. Classification and Nomenclature of Ferns, . 45 



CHAPTER VII. How to Study Ferns 53 



A Little Fern Literature, 57 



OUR NATIVE FERNS— 



A. Classification of Sub-Orders, Tribes, and Genera, 61 



B. Artificial Synopsis of Genera, 65 



C. Classified Description of Genera and Species, . 68 



List of the North American Pteridophyta, 103 



Glossary of Specific Names, 105 



Glossary of Technical Terms and Index, 109 



