THE IDEAL LIBRARY. 

 It is an old saying that the man of culture should know 

 "something of everything and everything of something." 

 This is an age of specialization, however, and we too frequently be- 

 come so engrossed in knowing everything of something, that we 

 have no time for the something of everything. In such a case, 

 the next best thing to knowing a thing, is to know where informa- 

 tion about it can be found. The man whose library is well stocked 

 with books relating to his hobby, and which contains, in addition, 

 a good text-book in each of the other branches of knowledge, has 

 an ideal collection of books, and one that will prevent him from 

 bothering his friends with many an "easy" question. "Our 

 Ferns in Their Haunts"- is a volume designed expressly to stand 

 in this relation to fern study. Although it is not a text-book in 

 the usual sense, all the ferns of Eastern America are accurately 

 described in it and their ranges given. Just where the other text- 

 books leave off this volume is strongest ; for it gives all the 

 curious superstitions and folk-tales connected with each species 

 and is a mine of information for those who want to know more 

 about a plant than the mere name. And then the illustrations — 

 more than two hundred superb specimens, several of which are in 

 color — come in to show the species as it is. These illustrations 

 have never been surpassed in works on American ferns. The 

 other features, the extensive glossary, the checklist of species, 

 the illustrated key to the families, etc., speak for themselves. It 

 is sufficient to say that no other book so complete has yet been pub- 

 lished on ferns in this country. It is just the volume to present to 

 a nature-loving friend. For the beginner in fern-study it also has 

 no equal : anyone can identify any of our native ferns by its use. 

 The language is untechnical and all the common names are given. 



OUR FERNS IN THEIR HAUNTS 



A GUIDE TO ALL OUR NATIVE SPECIES 

 BY WILLARD N. CLUTE 

 8 vo., Cloth, 332 pages and 215 illustrations. 

 Price, $2.15 NET. Sent postpaid for $2.35 

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



