INDEX. 



PAGE 



Perishing of green fields ... 47 

 Perpendicular unrolling of 



fronds 221 



Perspiration of plants ... 208 



Philanthropic considerations 50-1 



Physical enjoyment ,.. ... 58 



Pinnules of fronds ... ... 220 



Plantless corners .. ... 44 



Plants in rooms .. ...201-11 



or flowers in pots ... 29 



perspire ... ... 208 



primary food of ... 204 



Plate 1 (Single British Ferns) 227 



2 (The Polypodies) ... 283 



3 (The Shield Ferns) ... 305 



4 (The Bladder Ferns) 317 



5 (The.Woodsias) ... 329 



6 (The Buckler Ferns) 337 



7 (The Spleenworts) ... 363 



8 (The Filmy Ferns) ... 397 

 Pleasure which is within the 



reach of all 33 



Pockets for Ferns ...175, 179, 181 

 Polypodies, The ... 285-363 



POLYPODIUM, genus ... 285-6 



alpestre 302-3 



culture of 303 



description of ... 302-3 



distribution of ... 303 



habitats of 303 



calcareum ... 299-301 



culture of 301 



description of 299-300 



distribution of ... 301 

 habitats of ... 299, 301 



dryopteris 295-8 



culture of 298 



description of ... 295-8 



distribution of ... 296 



habitats or 296 



phegopteris 292-5 



culture of 294-5 



description of ... 292-4 



distribution of ... 294 



habitats of .. . 292-4 



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POLYPODIUM vulgare... .. 286-9 

 culture of ... 287-9, 291 

 description of ...286-91 



distribution of ... 289^ 



habitats of 289 



POLYSTICHUM, genus ... 351 



aculeatum 308-9 



culture of 316 



description of ... 308-10 



distribution of ... 310 



habitats of 310 



angulare ... ... 343-6 



culture of 313 



description of 311-314 



distribution of .. 311 



habitats of 311 



lonchitis 314-& 



culture of 316 



description of ... 314-6 



distribution of ... 56 



Popular love of green life ... 28 

 want of trees, plants, 



&c 



Pores of leaves 



Portable fernery and aqua- 

 rium 



Position of Ferns 



Practicability of Fern culture 



Prickly-toothed Buckler Fern 352-4 



culture of 353-4 



description of ... 352-3 



habitats of 353 



Primary rachis in Ferns ... 220 



Professional writer on Ferns 49-51 



29 

 205 



192 

 217 



50- 



PTERIS aquilina ... 

 culture of ... 

 description of 

 habitats of ... 



Public garden, A tiny 



Public parks and gardens 



Pulhamite rockery 



Pursuit of Ferns 



..229-38 

 .. 236-8 

 .. 231-5 

 .. 230-1 



54 



.. 28-9 

 168-170 



49 



Q- 



QUADRUPEDS and plants ... 187 

 Quarterly reviewers on Ferns 45-7 



425 



