CONTENTS, 
PAGE 
INTEODUCTION 1 
THE STRUCTURE OF FERNS 9 
PROPAGATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURE . 23 
DISTRIBUTION AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ASPECT . 32 
THE USES OF FERNS 36 
SELECTION AND PRESERVATION OF SPECIMENS 
FOR THE HERBARIUM . 41 
THE CLASSIFICATION OF FERNS 46 
TABLE OF THE GROUPS AND GENERA OF BRITISH 
FERNS AND ALLIED PLANTS ..... 48 
TABLE OF THE SPECIES AND VARIETIES ... 55 
