PRE FA CE. 



has succeeded in the task which he had set himself of simplifying the 

 nomenclature of known Ferns and Selaginellas. The correct names and the 

 synonyms being given simultaneously and alphabetically, the cultivator may 

 now ascertain without trouble whether the names he uses are right or wrong 

 according to scientific classification ; and he may implicitly depend on the 

 cultural notes, which are the result of careful observations made during 

 a period of upwards of twenty years of personal experience and practice. 



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