CONTENTS 



The Varieties as well as the Species are arranged in alphabetical order, thus 

 precluding the necessity for a special varietal index 



I'AGK 



Introduction i 



British Ferns as a Hobby 5 



The Life History of Ferns 9 



Kern Propagation and Culture 21 



Fern Selection . 27 



Fern Crossing and Hybridizing 34 



Multiple Parentage . . 40 



Rockeries, Frames, and Wardian Cases . 43 



Wild "Sports" and how found 48 



Types of Variation 52 



Fern Foes and Remedies 57 



Adiantum capii.lus veneris 61 



Allosorus crispus 67 



Asplenia, The . 68 



Asplenium adiantum nigrum 69 



ceterach 71 



fontanum 73 



germanicum . 73 



lanceolatum 73 



marinum 74 



ruta-muraria . 76 



septentrionale . 76 



trichomanes 76 



VIRIDE 81 



Athyrium filix-fcemina . 82 



botrychium lunaria 1 25 



Blechnum spicant 126 



Cystopteris fragilis 137 



„ MONTANA 139 



„ REGIA 139 



Gymnogramma leptophylla 139 



