CONTENTS. 



Chapter Page 



I. — Introduction 1 



II. — Classification for Decorative Purposes .... 8 



III. — Tree Ferns ... 12 



IV. — Gigantic Non- arborescent Ferns 19 



V. — Small-growing Ferns . 23 



VI. — Ferns with Coloured or Tinted Fronds . . . . 29 



VII. — Variegated and Crested Ferns 36 



VIII.— Gold and Silver Ferns 49 



IX.— Climbing, Trailing, and Drooping Ferns .... 57 



X. — Filmy or Transparent Ferns 73 



XL — Viviparous and Proliferous Ferns 82 



XII. — Curious Ferns 96 



XIII. — Drying Fern Fronds . . . , . . . . 103 



XIV. — Fertilisation and Propagation 108 



XV. — Cultural Directions 144 



XVI. — Various Fancy Ways of Growing Ferns .... 161 



XVII. — Fern Foes, British and Exotic 169 



XVIII. — Acrostichum, Linnaeus 179 



XIX. — Actiniopteris, Link 236 



XX. — Adiantum, Linnceus ........ 240 



XXI. — Allantodia, Wallich 337 



XXII. — Alsophila, Brown 339 



XXIII. — Anemia, Swartz 380 



XXIV. — Angiopteris, Hoffmann 397 



XXV. — Antrophyum, Kaulfuss 402 



XXVI. — Aspidium, Swartz 410 



XXVII. — Asplenium, Linnceus [including Athyrium] . . . 479 



