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Tecoma Trachelium coeruleum Tradescantia zebrina Tuberose - 209 

 Vallota purpurea (Scarborough Lily) Verbena - -210 



Wigandia caracasana (macrophylla) - 210 



SECTION XIV. FERNS 

 1. THE LIFE-HISTORY OF FERNS - 211 



2. CULTIVATION. General Soil Sowing Fern Spores Pricking Off 



Insect Pests, &c. - - 219 



3. KINDS OF FERNS. Acrostichum Actiniopteris Adiantum 

 (Maidenhair Fern) Alsophila Anemia Angiopteris evecta 

 Aspidium (Shield Fern) Asplenium Blechnum Brainea in- 

 signis Cheilanthes Davallia (Hare's Foot Fern) Dicksonia 

 (Cibotium) Schiedei Doodia aspera multifida Doryopteris pal- 

 mata (Ivy-leaf Fern) Filmy Ferns Gymnogramme (Gold and 

 Silver Ferns) Hemionitis Lomaria Lygodium Nephrodium 

 (including Lastrea) Nephrolepis Onychium japonicum 

 Osmunda Pellaea Platy cerium (Stag's Horn Fern) Poly- 

 podium Pteris Scolopendrium Selaginella Todea africana 

 Woodsia Woodwardia Filmy Ferns - - 222 



