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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. 



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