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PART II r. 
Fern Hinting. 
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Introduction 93 
Chapter I. — Fern Holidays 95 
II.— Fern Collecting ....... 97 
III. — Frond Gathering ....... 102 
PART IV. 
Some Rambles through Fernland. 
Introduction 109 
Chapter I. — Down a Combe to the Sea . . . .113 
II. — The Valleys of the Lyn ..... 119 
III. — The Valley of the Rocks ..... 134 
IV. — Clovelly 136 
V. — Sea and Sky and Waving Green . . . 150 
VI.— Torbay 158 
VII. — The South-east Coast of Devon . . . 168 
VIH. — The Home of the Sea Fern .... 172 
PART V. 
British Ferns : their Description, Distribution, and Culture. 
Introduction 
1. The Bracken ( Pteris aquilina) .... 
2. The Hartstongue (Scolopendrium vulgare) 
3. The Lady Fern (Athyrium fili.v-fcemina) 
4. The Hard Fern ( Blechnum spicant) 
5. The Royal Fern ( Osmunda regalis) 
6. The True Maidenhair ( Adiantum capillus- Veneris) 
7. The Annual Maidenhair ( Gymnogramma leptophylla ) 
8. The Mountain Parsley Fern ( Allosorus crispus) 
9. The Bristle Fern ( Trichomanes radicans) 
10. The Moonwort ( Botrychium lunaria) 
11. The Adders-tongue ( Ophioglosmm vulyatum) 
12. The Little Adders-tongue ( Ophioglossum lusitanicum) 
13. The Common Polypody {Poly podium vulgare) 
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