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Important Work on Ferns. 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



The Ferns of North America. 



Text by Prof. Daniel C. Eaton, of Yale College. 

 Illustrations by Mr. Jas. H. Emerton. 

 Published by 

 S. E. CASSINO, NATURALISTS' AGENCY. 

 Salem, Mass. 



The need 01 

 Fevtis, has lo 

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ml scattered through so 

 i in an excellent library, 

 riling "1 a work which 



line with perfect ease' to determine any of nor American Kerns. 



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 nrkiJ -l.ch cMc, l, has until now. debarred publishers Iron, undertaking it- cub!,,.;,. 



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The'scrviccs ol Mr..). 1 1 . Klncrlon, so' well known for hi- remarkably accural, 

 liiiflily Ibiished Snl.rn._l 1 list.npv dra w bigs, ha vc been ^''^'''j'^!" '„{;,' p.,'. ,'„' 

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Uo work will be a .11 c n„|,:,,iion lo the "Wild Flowers of \„,r ica."no» publishing 



Prof. K ,1 „)V herbarium of l-Vrn- is H,c lur-esl in America ami he isc.n.stairll.N in . c, CM I 

 m|' additional ph.:..- from all part- of the country. He i- Ihcrelore in a po-nion to Oel- 



mr c , , ' the .vol, a urni-h die m-c-.i.rv -i.cciu.cn- ! or il In -1 rat ion- . I. a .. .,..) other 



person, Ilo.-i.lcs die labors of l>rof. K i and Mr. Km, rlon, Id. linn of ( enibrulgc, 



has expressed ; dcrcsl in the undertaking and kindly oifcrcd the u-c ol l he extensive 



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ei'etv' h is also freeh ollereil .he u-c ot I ,c I >a mm. port herb iriill ferns. The publishers 



will al-o 'have IheaV-i-bince ol Mr. .1 . liobi nson, w ell known as a l-'crn -pcriali-l. Mr. <ieo. 

 K Davenport and Mr. Thus. K. I'axon.of lloston, Mrs. < oopcr of .--aid:. Parbara, lab, 

 and other- in various n irl- ol die ro.i'.l.w , have kili.lh oifcrcd their assistance. 



Hon .1 Warrm, Merrill, w ibelv know lias having the lar-c-l andmosl vainablecllco- 

 lion of American terns in cull n alio,,, has very ihcnrll^ mfmvd^r, in- -pecimcn- Iron. 



'"the \Vnrk''"vi.Vl,c'^ ^ about two months, 



which is as last as, he plates can be prepared. In the course ol I ac p „ bl ,ca I n > u ot I Ic 

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The text will be prinled in law bcaulifu! new In pe by 1 ic well know ,, urn, "1 .cm, 

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Tl).'. <ub-,oaplion price, will be * I -00 per part, which if is believed, is lower than any 

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