The Fern Lover's Companion - A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada

Project Gutenberg's The Fern Lover's Companion, by George Henry Tilton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada Author: George Henry Tilton Release Date: February 28, 2004 [EBook #11365] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FERN LOVER'S COMPANION *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Leonard D Johnson and PG Distributed Proofreaders [Illustration: A Fern Lover] The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada BY GEORGE HENRY TILTON, A.M. "This world's no blot for us Nor blank; it means intensely and it means good To find its meaning is my meat and drink." DEDICATION To Alice D. Clark, engraver of these illustrations, who has spared no pains to promote the artistic excellence of this work, and to encourage its progress, these pages are dedicated with the high regards of THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Key to Genera Classification of Ferns The Polypodies The Bracken Group: Bracken Cliff Brakes Rock Brake The Lip Ferns (Cheilanthes) The Cloak Fern (Notholæna) The Chain Ferns The Spleenworts: The Rock Spleenworts. Asplenium The Large Spleenworts.