The Ferns (Filicales): Volume 1, Analytical Examination of the Criteria of Comparison

Frederick Orpen Bower (1855-1948) was a renowned botanist appointed Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow in 1885. Published between 1923 and 1928, this work contains the first systematic classification of ferns. Volume 1 describes and analyses the features of ferns which Bower uses in his classification.