Part 4

XL. BLUNT-LOBED WOODSIA, Woodsia obtusa, 201

XLI. NORTHERN WOODSIA, Woodsia hyperborea, 205

XLII. SMOOTH WOODSIA, Woodsia glabella, 207

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"The cheerful community of the polypody" Frontispiece From a photograph by Miss Madeline Smith.

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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.

More compound frond of Purple Cliff Brake 95

Christmas Fern 97

Narrow-leaved Spleenwort 98

Brake 106

Maidenhair 110

Mountain Spleenwort 130