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Start of eBook	1
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS	1
PREFACE	3
INTRODUCTION	5
REPRODUCTION	5
VERNATION	6
VEINS	6
EXPLANATION OF TERMS	6
SPORANGIA AND FRUIT DOTS	7
HELPFUL HINTS	7
KEY TO THE GENERA	8
I	9
A. FRUITING FRONDS WHOLLY FERTILE	9
B. FRUITING FRONDS PARTLY STERILE	9
II	9
A. INDUSIUM WANTING	9
B. INDUSIUM PRESENT	9
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE FERNS	11
THE FERN FAMILY PROPER OR REAL FERNS	11
THE POLYPODIES	12
THE BRACKEN GROUP	12
MRS. PARSONS.	14
NARROW-LEAVED CHAIN FERN	19
THE SPLEENWORTS	20
THE LADY FERN AND ITS KIN	22
ATHYRIUM ASPLENIOIDES	24
HART’S TONGUE	25
PHYLLITIS SCOLOPENDRIUM	26
WALKING FERN. WALKING LEAF	26
THE SHIELD FERNS	26
THE MARSH FERN TRIBE	27
THE BEECH FERNS	29
THELYPTERIS ROBERTIANA	29
THELYPTERIS HEXAGONOPTERA	30
THE FRAGRANT FERN	30
KEY TO THE WOOD FERNS	31
THE WOOD FERNS	31
CRESTED MARGINAL FERN	33
KEY TO THE WOODSIAS	36
THE WOODSIAS	36
HAYSCENTED FERN. BOULDER FERN	38
THE SENSITIVE AND OSTRICH FERNS	39
II	40
OSMUNDA	40
III	42
SCHIZAEACEAE	42
CLIMBING FERN. HARTFORD FERN	43
IV	43
KEY TO THE GRAPE FERNS	44
GRAPE FERNS	44
BOTRYCHIUM ANGUSTISEGMENTUM	45
V	48
FILMY FERN. BRISTLE FERN	48
NOTED FERN AUTHORS	48
FERN LITERATURE	50
TIMES OF THE FRUITING OF FERNS	52
GLOSSARY	53
NOTE	55
CHECK LIST OF THE FERNS OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA	56
ATHYRIUM. ROTH	57
CAMPTOSORUS. LINK	57
POLYSTICHUM. ROTH	58
SCHIZAEA.J.E. SMITH	59
THE PETRIFIED FERN	59

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