Of Drying and Preserving Ferns. 
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On these subjects I would observe, in limine, that — 
all specimens selected for preservation should be a8 — 
perfect as possible. Let no one imagine that a 
portion of a frond, or an immature frond, or the frond 
seedling plant, or a deformed frond, or a frond 
1 at the tip, or a frond in any respect monstrous 
a ee se eens sees: I regret 
