BOOKS ON GARDEN 

 FIELD AND WOOD 



Ho^v to KnoAv the Ferns 



By FRANCES THEODORA PARSONS 



Author of "According to Season " and " How to Know 

 the Wild Flowers." With 144 illustrations from 

 photographs. Crown 8vo, $1.50 net. 



Written in the same fresh entertaining way, and with 

 the same care and authority, that made invaluable to 

 nature lovers her work on "How to Know the Wild 

 Flowers." 



"Since the publication, six years ago, of 'How to Know the 

 Wild Flowers,'" says the writer, "I have received such convin- 

 cing testimony of the eagerness of nature lovers of all ages and 

 conditions to familiarize themselves with the inhabitants of our 

 woods and fields, and so many assurances of the joy which such 

 a familiarity affords, that I have prepared this companion 

 volume on 'How to Know the Ferns.'" 



"The charm of this book is pervading and enduring as is the 

 charm of nature." — New York Times. 



"This is a notably thorough httle volume. The text is not 

 voluminous, and even with its many full-page illustrations the 

 book is small; but brevity, as we are glad to see so many writers 

 on nature learning, is the first of virtues in this field. . . . The 

 author of 'How to Know the Ferns' has mastered her subject, 

 and she treats of it with authority." — New York Tribune. 



