CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION vii 



PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION xiii 



I. HISTORY OF THE INTRODUCTION OF EXOTIC FERNS ... 1 



II. ORGANOGRAPHY, EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS USED 



IN DESCRIBING FERNS 44 



III. CLASSIFICATION OF FERNS EXPLAINED 56" 



IV. GENERIC CHARACTER AND ENUMERATION OF CULTI- 



VATED SPECIES 73 



V. APPENDIX 293 



VI. ETYMOLOGY, THE MEANING OF THE GENERIC NAMES 327 



VII. THE CULTIVATION OF FERNS 335 



I. PRELIMINARY EEMARKS 335 



II. SPECIAL OR POT CULTIVATION 342 



III. NATURAL CULTIVATION 377 



IV. WARDIAN CASE CULTIVATION 388 



V. PROPAGATION 395 



VIII. LIST OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS QUOTED IN THIS WORK 407 

 IX. GENERAL INDEX OF GENERA, SPECIES, AND SYN- 



ONYMES 415 



X. INDEX OF SPECIAL TERMS 449 



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