The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland at NYPL Digital Collections

Woodsia ilvensis. B. W. alpina. [The oblong woodsia - The Alpine, or Deltoid woodsia] (1857)                                                                     

When I have some time to kill around a computer I love browsing the Digital Collection at NYPL.  They have a wonderful variety of images and illustrations but my favorites are the naturalist images (butterflies and birds) and of course the botanical illustrations like the above image from The ferns of Great Britain and Ireland by Thomas Moore  and illustrated by Henry Bradbury.  Oh to come across this book in a Goodwill.

Polystichum aculeatum. B. P. aculeatum argutum. C. P. aculeatum alatum. [The common prickly shield fern] (1857)