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HISTORY OF BRITISH FERNS. 
2. A History of British Ferns, By Edward Newman, 
P.L.S., &c. Third Edition, omitting the Fern allies. 
1854. 8 VO, pp. 343. — A handsomely-got-np book, 
with beautiful woodcut illustrations ; but greatly 
disfigured by its egotistical tone, and by numerous 
unnecessary and inadmissible changes made in the 
names of the genera and species. 
3. Florigraphia Britannica, vol. iv. : The Ferns of Bri- 
tain and their allies. By Bichard Deakin, M.D. 
1848. 8 VO, pp. 136, with 31 plates and numerous 
woodcuts. — Many of the figures are very accurate, and 
the descriptions full and careful. 
4. The Handbook of British Ferns, By Thomas Moore, 
F.L.S., &c. Third Edition. 1857. 16mo, pp. 294.— 
A pocket volume, with full descriptions, accompanied 
by plain woodcut illustrations of all the species and 
of the principal varieties. 
5. A Plain and Easy Account of the British Ferns, By 
the Bev. E. Bosanquet. 1854. 16mo, pp. 64. — A 
commendable attempt to simplify for beginners the 
classification and description of the species, but 
scarcely realizing these objects. 
