THE FERNS 
OF 
D 
NATURE, 
W . ZEJ . s: O W E , 
WITH A PREFACE BY THE 
X AU, 
Rw. GERARD SMITH, IB.A.. 
OF OSMASTON, ASHBORNE. 
“ HE rests me under the covert of fern, and gently guides me by the still waters.” 
Psalm xxiii. 2. Literal, 
' A canny soft and flowery den, 
"Which circling brakes have made a bower. ” 
Allan Ramsay. 
SIXTH EDITION, 
LONDON: 
BEMROSE AND LOTHIAN, 21, PATERNOSTER ROW j 
BEMROSE AND SONS, DERBY AND MATLOCK-BATH, 
JIDCCCLXYII, 
