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

by George Henry Tilton

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. Athyrium]
• [Hart's Tongue and Walking Leaf]
• [The Shield Ferns:]
  • [Christmas and Holly Fern]
  • [Marsh Fern Tribe]
  • [The Beech Ferns]
  • [The Fragrant Fern]
  • [The Wood Ferns]
  • [The Bladder Ferns]
• [The Woodsias]
• [The Boulder Fern (Dennstædtia)]
• [Sensitive and Ostrich Ferns]
• [The Flowering Ferns (Osmunda)]
• [Curly Grass and Climbing Fern]
• [Adder's Tongue]
• [The Grape Ferns:]
  • [Key to the Grape Fern]
  • [Moonwort]
  • [Little Grape Fern]
  • [Lance-leaved Grape Fern]
  • [Matricary Fern]
  • [Common Grape Fern]
  • [Rattlesnake Fern]
• [Filmy Fern]
• [Noted Fern Authors]
• [Fern Literature]
• [Time List for Fruiting of Ferns]
• [Glossary]
• [Note: Meaning of Genus and Species]
• [Checklist]