LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



• ' The cheerful community of the polypody " . Frontispiect 



Prom u photograph by Miss Madeline Smith. 



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New York Fern xvi 



" The greatest charm the ferns possess is that of their 



surroundings" 12 



From a photograph by Mr. Augustus Pruyn. 



Fiddleheads 18 



Fragile Bladder Fern 19 



Crested Shield Fern 20 



Purple Cliff Brake 22 



Ternate Grape Fern 24 



Evergreen Wood Fern 27 



Sensitive Fern ^^ 



Cinnamon Fern 60 



Royal Fern 68 



Interrupted Fern -74 



CLimhing Fern y^ 



Rattlesnake Fern 80 



Slender Cliff Brake 8g 



" The unpromising wall of rock which rose beside us" , g^f 



From a pRotograph by Miss Ledyard 

 ziii 



