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How to Know the Ferns

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

How to Know the Ferns

S. Leonard Bastin

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Every fern hides a two-part life, one generation invisible to the careless eye. S. Leonard Bastin explains the fern's life history and introduces the common British species, from bracken to the male fern and the graceful lady fern. Clear, friendly instruction for the beginning fern-hunter. For the reader who wants to understand as well as identify these ancient plants. Discover the ferns' secret lives.

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19 chapters

  1. 1HOW TO KNOW THE FERNS
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4CHAPTER I THE FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES
  5. 5CHAPTER II LIFE HISTORIES
  6. 6CHAPTER III YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY
  7. 7CHAPTER IV THREE DAINTY FERNS
  8. 8CHAPTER V THE BRACKEN FERN AND TWO INTERESTING SPECIES
  9. 9CHAPTER VI THE MALE FERN AND ITS RELATIVES
  10. 10CHAPTER VII THE LADY FERN AND THE SPLEENWORTS
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII THE POLYPODIES
  12. 12CHAPTER IX THE ROYAL FERN
  13. 13CHAPTER X FOUR CURIOUS FERNS
  14. 14CHAPTER XI THE CLUB MOSSES
  15. 15CHAPTER XII THE HORSETAILS
  16. 16CHAPTER XIII FERN COLLECTING AND PRESERVING
  17. 17CHAPTER XIV THE CULTURE OF FERNS
  18. 18INDEX

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