PEEFACE TO THE THIED EDITION. 
HE success of this modest 4 Plea 
for the culture of F erns 5 has far 
exceeded the Author’s anticipa¬ 
tions. Two editions of the little 
work have already been rapidly 
exhausted, and a kind and indulgent public 
have now called for a Third Edition. 
The Author believes that the popularity 
of 4 The Fern Paradise ’ is mainly, if 
not entirely, due to the singular favour which 
has been shown to it by the Press; although 
he ventures to hope that the success of his work 
may, at least in some degree, be ascribed to the 
