[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."

[Illustration]




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.