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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| "The cheerful community of the polypody" | Frontispiece |
| From a photograph by Miss Madeline Smith. | |
| Page | |
| New York Fern | xvi |
| "The greatest charm the ferns possess is that of their surroundings" | 12 |
| From a photograph by Mr. Augustus Pruyn. | |
| 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 |
| "The unpromising wall of rock which rose beside us" | 94 |
| From a photograph by Miss Ledyard. |
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