CONTENTS. 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. : ‘ 
PREFACE, : ‘ : 7 
THE UNCOILING FRONDS, . ; 
THE OSMUNDAS, 
THE RATTLESNAKE ue AND THE ADDER’s- 
TONGUE, ; . 2 
THE MOONWORT AND ITS ALLIES, . 
THE BRACKEN, ; 7 ; 
THE CLIFF BRAKES, . . 
THE WOODSIAS, —. 
THE CHRISTMAS AND HOLLY Frene, 
THE MARSH FERN TRIBE, . : 
THE Woop FERNS, . , ‘ 
THE ROCK SPLEENWORTS, . : 
THE Lapy FERN AND ITs KIN, . 
THE POLYPODIES, . . : 
THE BLADDER FERNS, ‘ A 
THE CHAIN FERNS, . : : 
THE BOULDER FERN, . : 
CHEILANTHES AND MAIDENHAIR, 
THE SENSITIVE AND OSTRICH FERNS, 
THE WALKING FERN AND THE HArv’s-TONGUE, . 
THE CURLY GRASS AND THE CLIMBING FERN, 
BORDER SPECIES, : ; 
CONCERNING NOMENCLATURE, 3 
KEY TO THE GENERA, P ‘ 
CHECKLIST OF THE FERNS, . - 
GLOSSARY, ; ‘ : : 
INDEX TO COMMON NAMES, ‘ 
INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC NAMES, ‘ 
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