. THE FERN-COLLECTOR’S 
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HANDBOOK 
AND HERBARIUM 
• * • • * • 
AN AID IN THE STUDY AND PRESERVATION OF THE FERNS * 
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OF NORTHERN UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE l " ll: 
DISTRICT EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND 
NORTH OF NORTH CAROLINA AND 
TENNESSEE 
SADIE F. PRICE 
If trees are Nature’s thoughts and dreams, 
And witness how her great heart yearns, 
Then she has only shown, it seems, 
Her lightest fantasies in ferns. 
Edgar Fawcett. 
3jUusstrateD 
NEW YORK 
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 
1897 
