HOW TO KNOW
THE FERNS
BY
S. LEONARD BASTIN
WITH THIRTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1917
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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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