DR. GEORGE METTENIUS, 
PROFESSOR OF BOTANY, AND DIRECTOR OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN 
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG, 
THE ABLE AUTHOR OF 
^^FILICES HORTI BOTANICI LIPSIENSIS/’ 
AND OF VAEIOUS MEMOIRS, 
^‘UBER EIOTGE FARR^GATTUNGEN,” 
THIS CENTURY OF FERNS 
IS DEDICATED, 
IN TESTIMONY OF GREAT RESPECT AND ESTEEM, BY 
THE AUTHOR. 
Royal Gardens, Kew, 
May, 1861. 
