INDEX 



Abnormal Ferns, 140 

 Adiantum CapiHus- Veneris, 74, 164 

 AUosorus crispus, 4 

 Animals and birds, 13 

 Antheridia, 29, 130, 134 

 Apospory in Ferns, 68 

 Archegonia, 29, 130, 134 

 Aspidium acukatum, 13, 17 



a«^z^/a/-« varieties, 3, 17, 33, 83, 88, 121, 123 



,, ,, var. Baldwini, 28, 151 



,, „ var. decompositum-splendens, 149, 152 



,, „ var. imbricatum, 28, 151 



J, ,, vax. plumoso-divisilobum, 28, 37, 150 



Aspknium Ceterack, 5, 98, 120 



„ Filix-fmmina, 5, 169 



„ ,. ., varieties, 29, 82, 84, 85, 88, 102, 112, 113, 114, 115, 



121, 122 



,, marinum, 76, 121, i6o 



,, Trichomanes, 116, 159 



Asshnilation in Ferns, 64, 134, 137 

 Athyrium Filix-fxmina, 5 



Blechnum Spicant, 5 



Bower, Professor, F.R.S., on Fern-crossing, 35 



British Association, 1867, "Abnormal Ferns," 15, 26, 27 



,, ,, 1891, "Ferns and their Multiple Parents," 38 



„ „ 1866, Floral Fete Certificates for Ferns, 57 



)> i> 1888, „ ,, ,, „ 60 



„ ,, 1891, "Prothalli and Propagation of Ferns," 36 



British Ferns, habitats of, 154, 161 



Bulbiferous Ferns, 28, 37, 153 



Certificates of Merit, and First-Class Certificates for Ferns : — 

 Adiantum Capillus- Veneris, 44, 45, 50, 51, 58 

 Aspidium aculeatum, 44, 45, 50, 51, 57, 58, 60, 61 



„ angulare, 44, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 

 Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum, 46, 50, 52, 57, 58 

 „ Ceterach, 46, 50 



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