CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



INTRODUCTION 



I. PROPAGATION, AND HYBRIDS OR GARDEN VARIETIES . 4 



II. COMPOSTS FOR FERNS, AND POTTING FERNS . .11 



III. "RESTIN^" FERNS AND WATERING FERNS . .16 



IV. DECIDUOUS AND PROLIFEROUS FERNS . . .10 

 V. SMALL GROWING FERNS . . . . .26 



VI. SPECIMEN FERNS AND TREK FERNS , . 31 



VII. FLOWERING FERNS AND CLIMBING FERNS . . 3& 



Vlil. FILMY FERNS . . . . . -43 



IX. TINTED AND VARIEGATED FERNS, AND CHOICE FERNS FOR 



THE STOVI . . . . . .46 



X. FERNS FOR HANGING-BASKETS AND FERNS FOR WALL 



POCKETS . . . . . 51 



XI. FERNS ON TREE STEMS, AND ROCK FERNERY . . 56 



XII. FERNS FOR WINDOW BOXES AND FERNS FOR HOUSE 



DECORATION . . . . . .60 



XIII. ADIANTUKS AND ASPLENIUMS . . . .64 



XIV. ASPIDIUMS AND CHEILANTHES . . . .68 

 XV. GLEICHENIAS AND DAVALUAS . . . 7 1 



XVI. GYMNOGRAMMAS AND NEPHROLEPIS . . -74 



XVII PLATYCERIUMS AND POLYPODIUMS . . . -79 



XVIII. PTERIS, LOMARIAS, BLECHNUMS, ETC. . . .84 



XIX. HARDY FERNS AND NORTH AMERICAN FERNS . .88 



XX. SELAGINELLAS . . , . . -99 



XXI. FERN ENEMIES . . . . .103 



INDEX ....... 107 



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