194 INDEX 



Asplenium Filix-fmmina, 44, 46, 47, 50, 52, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62 

 „ marinum, 47, 50, 54, 57, 58 

 „ Trichomanes, 50, 54, 57, 58 

 Cystopteris fragilis, 50, 54, 62 

 Hymenophyllum unilaterale, 47, 50 

 Lomaria Spicant, 50, 54, 58, 60 

 Nephrodium abbreviatum, 60 

 „ CBmulum, 61 



Filix-mas, 51, 54, 58 

 „ montanum, 51, 54, 60 



„ paleaceum, 44, 47, 57, 60, 61 



„ spinulosum, 44, 47, 51, 54, 57, 58 



Osmunda regalis, 47, 51, 54, 56 

 Polypodium vulgare, 51, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60 

 Fteris aquilina, 51, 55 



Scolopendrium vulgare, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 57, 59, 61, 62 

 Trichomanes radicans, 45, 61 

 Change of Fern names, 4 

 " Choice British Ferns," 147 

 Clapham, Abraham — Memoir, 182 

 Classes of Fern varieties, 7 

 Cowburn, Major — Memoir, 180 

 Crossing Ferns, 62, 70, 73 



„ Flowers, 33, 40, 71, 72, 129 

 Cryptogramme crispa, 4, 163 

 Cultivation of Ferns, 158 

 Cystopteris, 164 



Deductions from Experiments, 135 

 Difference of species and varieties, 157 

 Discoveries, Botanical, 10 

 Doctrine of probability, 21, 65, 132 



Evolution of sex, 129 

 Experiments, 73-135 



Ferneries, past and present, 2, 167 



Fernery, 158 



Fern houses, 169; hunting, 154; labels, 148; pedigree, 30; potting of, 141, 148, 



164 ; robbers, 3 ; workers, 9 

 Ferns, requirements of different species, 161 



„ propagation from a capitate head, 153 



„ watering of, 147, 166 

 Fertilisation of Ferns, 33 ; of flowering plants, 34 



