FERN GROWING 



FIFTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE 



IN CROSSING AND 



CULTIVATION 



WITH A LIST OF THE MOST IMPOE^IA^ VARIETIES 



AND A HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF 



MULTIPLE PARENTAGE, Etc. 



I BY 



E^ J?^LOWE, F.R.S., F.L.S., Etc. 



AUTHOR OF 

 "OUR NATIVE FERNS," "BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS" 



WITH SIXTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS 



NEW YORK 

 TRUSLOVE & COMBA 



LONDON: JOHN C. NIMMO 



MDCCCXGVIII 



