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THE FERN PARADISE. 
three species amongst the “ fern groups ” which 
we shall now proceed to describe. We propose 
to follow pretty closely the order observed by 
the botanists — arranging the thirty ferns which 
we have yet to speak of in seven groups. 
These we shall call the Polypodies, the Shield 
l 7 erns, the Buckler Ferns, the Spleen worts, the 
Bladder Ferns, the Woodsias, and the Filmy 
Ferns. 
