CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES

CHAPTER II LIFE HISTORIES

CHAPTER III YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY

CHAPTER IV THREE DAINTY FERNS

CHAPTER V THE BRACKEN FERN AND TWO INTERESTING SPECIES

CHAPTER VI THE MALE FERN AND ITS RELATIVES

CHAPTER VII THE LADY FERN AND THE SPLEENWORTS

CHAPTER VIII THE POLYPODIES

CHAPTER IX THE ROYAL FERN

CHAPTER X FOUR CURIOUS FERNS

CHAPTER XI THE CLUB MOSSES

CHAPTER XII THE HORSETAILS

CHAPTER XIII FERN COLLECTING AND PRESERVING

CHAPTER XIV THE CULTURE OF FERNS

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

BY
S. LEONARD BASTIN

WITH THIRTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published in 1917