18 The Ferx Lover's Companion 



The illustrations have been carefully selected; many 

 of them from original negatives bequeathed to the author 

 by his friend, Henry Lincoln Clapp, pioneer and chief 

 promoter of school gardens in America. Some have been 

 photographed from the author's herbarium, and from 

 living ferns. A few are from the choice herliarium of Mr. 

 George E. Davenjjort, and also a few reprints have been 

 made from fern books, for which due credit is given. 

 The Scott's sjjleenwort, on the dedication page, is reprinted 

 from Clute's "Oiu- Ferns in Their Haiuits." 



