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

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