CONTENTS. 
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INTRODUCTION. 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 
