THE AMERICAN FERN BOOK 



OUR FERNS IN THEIR HAUNTS 



BY WILLARD N. CLUTI 



THIS is the most complete and practical volume for the fern 

 lover, whether beginner or advanced student, that has yet 

 been put upon the American market. It is full of facts 

 that all most desire to know. It covers the territory east of the 

 Rocky Mountains and north of the Gulf States and by its use 

 every species in this area can be easily identified. 



This volume gives the range of every species, tells when 

 each fruits, where it grows, how it looks when growing, how to 

 distinguish it from other species, whether it is abundant or rare, 

 and includes everything of interest in its life history. It gives 

 all the common and scientific names of each species, the num- 

 ber of species in each genus and above all, accurately describes 

 the ferns in non-technical language. It is a complete 



GUIDE TO ALL OUR NATIVE SPECIES. 



There is a very extensive glossary, a checklist of all the species, 

 and the only illustrated key to the genera ever published. There 

 are 215 superb illustrations, shows^f all the species, as well as 

 many pinnules, rootstocks, fruit-dots, etc. More than 50 of 

 these are full page plates and several are colored. 



" There is no better book to take into the woods and fields on a summer day."— New 

 York World. 



" What Anne Pratt's 1 Ferns of Great Britain 1 has been to English fern lovers, Mr. 

 Clute's book should become to Americans, * * * altogether the volume is to be warmly 

 commended as the best popular fern book yet published in this country."— Boston Tran- 

 script. 



"This is a timely publication. It should be the vade mecum of those who go into 

 the woods to study flowers and plants."— New York Press. 



** Mr. Clute has laid every student of our native flora under lasting obligations in 



this beautiful volume."— Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. 



" This is the handsomest work of its kind either in England or America. * * • The 

 style of the author is picturesque and attractive and there are no dry pages in the book." 



— Utica Press. 



M No nature book that has appeared is more satisfactory and full in its illustrations 

 than this."— Buffalo Express. 



Octavo, Cloth, 332 pages in addition to the illustrations. 

 Price, $2.15 NET. Sent postpaid for $2.35 



Address, WILLARD N. CLUTE & CO., Binghamton, N.Y 



