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A LIST OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS 
QUOTED IN THIS WORK. 
N.B. — When no special hook is quoted after an author’s name, 
ihis writings on ferns are to be found in botanical and other scien- 
tific journals of their time, and which are too numerous to notice 
•in this work. — Those with an asterisk are living authors. 
~*A gardh. J. C. Agardh, Professor of Botany at Stockholm ; author 
of a “ Monograph on the genus Ptcris." 
Ait. W. & W. T. A lton, father and son, Directors of the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 1760 to 1841 ; authors of 1st and 
2nd edition of “ Hortus Kewensis,” 1793 and 1813. 
A. Rich. A. Richard, a French botanist ; “ Voyage de l’Astrolabe 
(Botanique).” 
*Arn. Walker Arnott, Professor of Botany at the University, 
Glasgow (see Hook, et A rn.). 
*Bah. C. C. Babington, Professor of Botany at the University, 
Cambridge ; an eminent British botanist. 
"* Backhouse . James Backhouse & Bon, nurserymen, York ; 
importers and cultivators of Ferns. 
Bauer. Francis Bauer, a celebrated botanical painter (see Hook, 
et Bauer). 
Beauv. Falisot de Beauvois, a French botanist ; author of “ Flore 
d’Oware;” figures and descriptions of plants in the Bight of 
Benin, 1810. 
Bernh. J. J. Bernhardi, Professor of Botany at Erfurt. 
Blume. C. L. Blume, Director of the Botanic Garden, Batavia ; 
“ Enum. Plant. Jav.,” 1830 ; “ FI. Jav.,” figures and descrip- 
tions of the plants of Java. 
Bolt. J. Bolton, an English botanist ; “ Fil. Blit.,” figures of 
British Ferns, 1790. 
