HOW TO KNOW
THE FERNS

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. The Ferns and their Allies 1

II. Life Histories 13

III. Yesterday and To-day 23

IV. Three Dainty Ferns 33

V. The Bracken Fern and Two Interesting Species 38

VI. The Male Fern and its Relatives 46

VII. The Lady Fern and the Spleenworts 66

VIII. The Polypodies 86

IX. The Royal Fern 93

X. Four Curious Ferns 96

XI. The Club Mosses 101

XII. The Horsetails 112

XIII. Fern Collecting and Preserving 122

XIV. The Culture of Ferns 129

  Index 133

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

The Bristle Fern34

The Tunbridge Filmy Fern36

The Bracken Fern39

The Maidenhair Fern42

The Maidenhair Fern (Enlarged view of Back of Frond)43

The Male Fern47

The Mountain Buckler Fern51

The Mountain Buckler Fern (Enlarged)52

Nephrodium dilatatum54

The Holly Fern58

The Oblong Woodsia62

The Brittle Bladder Fern64

Athyrium filix-fæmina67

The Rue-leaved Spleenwort71

The Rue-leaved Spleenwort (Enlarged Back of Frond)72

The Sea Spleenwort76

The Maidenhair Spleenwort79

The Green Spleenwort81

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