British Ferns, Clubmosses Horsetails (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from British Ferns, Clubmosses Horsetails I look upon this little volume as a distinct acquisition to the Peeps at Nature Series, and I am confident that it will receive a kindly reception on the part of those who desire a well-illustrated, reliable, and at the same time inexpensive, book on ferns and their allies. The author has packed a great deal of information in a small space; he has dealt with a difiicult subject in a simple way. As a practical field botanist and close observer, he is well acquainted with the difficulties of identification, and the following chapters are the result of experience. The book will be valued by the general Nature student as well as the young beginner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Wayside and Woodland Ferns


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Excerpt from Wayside and Woodland Ferns: A Pocket Guide to the British Ferns, Horsetails and Club-Mosses There are few it any departments of Nature-lore upon which so many volumes have been published during fifty years as have been produced dealing with our native Ferns - some good, some indifferent, others bad. Why, it may be asked, add another to a sufficiently long list? I have no particular defence to offer, except to say that many readers of the "Wayside and Woodland Series" demanded such a handy volume, and the publishers regarded the demand as a reasonable one. No doubt the publishers would also say there are points in the production of this work that fully justify its appearance: such as the handy pocket size, and the novel plan of giving not only a drawing in colour of each species, but also a photographic representation of most of the plants growing amid their natural surroundings. In a word, it is a book for the Nature-lover, not the Nature-destroyer for whom most Fern-books have been written hitherto. For that reason only the facts of general distribution so far as the British Islands are concerned are given. Such data are sufficient to enable the intelligent Nature-lover to get on the track of the good things he desires to see growing wild; but the way is not made too plain and easy for the exterminator, from whom the country has suffered so grievously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




A Field Guide to Ferns


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Identifies over five hundred species.




The Ferns of Great Britain, and Their Allies the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Ferns of Great Britain, and Their Allies the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails A popular description of a fern might be, A large leaf or branch of leaves, bearing no flowers. Yet that leaf-like spray differs from a leaf in several particulars of structure; the most marked of which is, that it repre sents the leaf and fruit conjoined, bearing its fructifi cation, in most cases, on its under surface. The word fmnd, therefore, applied to the green expansion of a fern, though it originated in the idea that the leaf of a fern was composed of a branch and a leaf, is not alto gether an unnecessary distinction. The frond consists of two parts; the leafy portion and the stalk. The stalk is often called the rachis, but, strictly speaking, it is composed of two parts. That part which bears the green leaf is the rachis; and the lower portion of the stalk, destitute of the green expansion, is the stapes. When the frond is so divided, that, besides the principal stalk, another set of stalks runs through the green di visions, each of these last is a secondary mchie; the term primary mchz's referring to the main stalk. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Types of British Vegetation


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Excerpt from Types of British Vegetation: By Members of the General Committee for the Survey and Study of British Vegetation The work Of systematically surveying vegetation and recording the results on vegetation maps was begun in Scotland by the late Robert Smith in the Closing years of last century, and continued by his brother, 1 G. Smith, and various other workers. In 1904 these workers formed a committee, with the somewhat ponderous title of The Central Committee for the Survey and Study Of British Vegetation, to organise and facilitate work on these lines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







A Popular History of the British Ferns and the Allied Plants


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Excerpt from A Popular History of the British Ferns and the Allied Plants: Comprising the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails The present Edition will be found to contain notices of the more striking of the numerous varieties Which are now known to occur among the British Ferns. The species which have been added to our Flora since the earlier edi tion was prepared, are non7 described, and figures of them have been added. The list of localities has moreover received very numerous additions, for Which the Author has to thank many kind Correspondents, Whose names Will be found therein recorded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




The Ferns of Britain and Ireland


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A user-friendly, illustrated field-guide to the ferns, clubmosses, quillworts and horsetails native to Britain.







British Ferns and Their Allies


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Excerpt from British Ferns and Their Allies: An Abridgement of the Popular History of British Ferns, and Comprising the Ferns, Club-Mosses, Pepperworts Horsetails About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.