OEGANOGRAPHT. 55 



and exannulate Ferns in cultivation in this country 

 are in proportion to one another as one to forty-fivej 

 he may soon become aware that the great majority 

 of Ferns belong to the annulate section. But the 

 best way for a beginner is to procure a few correctly- 

 named species of each tribe, and carefully compare 

 them with the characters given in the following 

 pages. He will soon overcome the dread of technical 

 phras_es, and before long will be able to refer his 

 unnamed species to their respective tribeS' and 

 genera. 



