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INDEX. 
Athyrium. 
Filix-foemina, joa^^e 2, 26, 27, 45, 57, 119. 
Varieties of, 44, 52, 119. 
Blechnum, 
Spicant, 45, 53, 68, 119. 
Varieties of, 53, 119. 
Bree's Fern, 13, 78. 
botrtciiium. 
Limaria, 66, 67, 119. 
Unsatisfactory growth of, 66, 68. 
Treated as an annual, 68. 
Kepresentativc Fern, 65, 
Ceterach. 
Officinarum, 4, 61, 120. 
The culture of, 61, 63. 
Spezzian variety (?), 63. 
Representative Fern, 62, 64^ 65. 
Cystopteris. 
Alpina, 32, 116. 
Dickieana, 32. 
Elfina, 21, 115, 116, 120. 
Fragilis, 20, 120. 
Varieties of, 21, 31, 32, 120. 
The culture of, 49, 123. 
As a border, 58. 
Montana, 32, 120. 
Ferns. 
Packing Ferns, 15. 
General management, 48, 49, 122, 123. 
Fernery, 48, 49. 
Drippings of trees, 47, 50. 
Shade, 20, 42, 57. 
Drainage, 43, 49, 58. 
Stagnant moisture, 58, 78, 114, 122. 
Foreign Hardy Ferns. 
Adiantum Pedatum, 102. 
Cyrtomium Falcatum, 103. 
Onoclea Scnsibilis, 51. 
Prolifcrum, 104. 
Struthiopteris Germanica, 57. 
