LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Frances Theodora Parsons
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The cheerful community of the polypody
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From a photograph by Miss Madeline Smith.
Frontispiece
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New York Fern
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"The greatest charm the ferns possess is that of their surroundings"
From a photograph by Mr. Augustus Pruyn.
12
Fiddleheads
18
Fragile Bladder Fern
19
Crested Shield Fern
20
Purple Cliff Brake
22
Ternate Grape Fern
24
Evergreen Wood Fern
27
Sensitive Fern
55
Cinnamon Fern
60
Royal Fern
68
Interrupted Fern
74
Climbing Fern
75
Rattlesnake Fern
80
Slender Cliff Brake
89
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The unpromising wall of rock which rose beside us
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From a photograph by Miss Ledyard.
94
More compound frond of Purple Cliff Brake
95
Christmas Fern
97
Narrow-leaved Spleenwort
98
Brake
106
Maidenhair
110
Mountain Spleenwort
130
Mountain Spleenwort
132
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In the shaded crevices of a cliff
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From a photograph by Miss Madeline Smith.
132
Maidenhair Spleenwort
137
Walking Leaf
146
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We fairly gloated over the quaint little plants
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From a photograph by Miss Ledyard.
148
Hart's Tongue
151
Marsh Fern
162
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Like the plumes of departing Summer
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From a photograph by Miss Madeline Smith.
178
Common Polypody
184
Long Beech Fern
187
Oak Fern
191
Bulblet Bladder Fern
194
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