PREFACE. 
In this work it has been our intention as far as possible 
to guide our readers to the grateful end, when after days 
of toil they see around them proofs of their studied 
labour. Like nearly all work which springs from a 
healthy brain, the cultivation of Ferns gives its own 
reward. To an inventive mind the following work is 
but a suggestion, and to him the expense will be but 
nominal. The Author would be pleased to receive 
any suggestions in regard to future editions, as he 
desires to make the work useful to the million. 
August 1880 . 
THE AUTHOR. 
