THE BOOK 



OF 



CHOICE FERN 



FOR 



THE GARDEN, CONSERYSTORY, MD STOYE. 



DESCRIBING AND GIVING EXPLICIT CULTURAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE BEST 

 AND MOST STRIKING FERNS AND SELAGINELLAS IN CULTIVATION. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



COLOURED PLATES AND NUMEROUS WOOD ENGRAVINGS, 



SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR THIS WORK. 



BY 



GEORGE SCHNEIDER, 



Membra Correspondant de la Societe Nationale d' Horticulture de France (Paris); Membre Correspondant de la 

 Societe d' Horticulture de St. Germain-en- Lay e (France); Membre Correspondant de la Societe d : Horticulture 

 du Nord de la France; Membre Correspondant de la Societe d : Horticulture de Valenciennes; 

 Membre de la Societe d Horticulture de Seine-et-Oise (Versailles); Membre de la 

 Societe Roy ale d? Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand (Belgique). 



VOLUME III. 



FROM OCHROPTERIS TO WOODWARDIA, 

 AND SELAGINELLA. 



LONDON : 



L. UPCOTT GILL, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, DRURY LANE, W.C. 



NEW YORK: 



CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 153-157, FIFTH AVENUE. 



