FERNS AND FERN CULTURE. 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTION. 
HESE pages are not intended for 
scientific readers. Our object is to 
create a universal love for the 
beautiful Ferns ; and as yet only 
such general descriptions of Ferns 
and ferny scenery have been given as might 
suffice for the purpose which we have set before 
us. But to give to the volume a utility beyond 
wliat it would possess by a too strict adherence 
to mere generalization, some descriptions will now 
be given of each species of such of the graceful 
Fern family as have chosen to make these islands 
their home. 
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