A List Of Varieties And Forms Of The Ferns Of Eastern North America

Author : Willard Nelson Clute
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267871100
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book The Fern Allies of North America North of Mexico (Classic Reprint) written by Willard Nelson Clute and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Fern Allies of North America North of Mexico The Fern Allies, by reason of their curious forms and Often great abundance, seldom fail to attract the atten tion of the student of plants, but their identification has always proved more or less of a puzzle to beginners. Like the ferns, they bear neither flowers nor seeds, and at first glance seem to offer few points by which they may be distinguished. The species are usually included in botanical Manuals, but the necessarily brief and tech nical descriptions have tended to discourage rather than to aid the novice. In reality, however, most of the species are easily identified, and it is one of the purposes of this book to point out how this may be done. No book has ever before been published in which one may find untechnical descriptions of our fern allies, nor one in which all the species have been figured; in fact a large number are figured for the first time in this book. Such illustrations as have hitherto appeared are scattered in various American and foreign books, Often inaccessi ble, many of which, published long ago, are more or less inaccurate. It has been our aim, not only to illustrate every species, but to represent them correctly. The drawings have been made from typical specimens of the plants, and it is believed that many of the species will now be easily identified by merely comparing them with the illustrations. 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.