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INDEX 
PAGE 
D. 
Danes and Osmund tue Fer- 
ryman . . . 214-5 
Dartmouth . . . 167-9 
Castle . . . 169 
Devon, Scenicpre-eminenceof 111 
Distribution of Ferns 28-30, 33-5 
British Ferns 28-9, 181-3 
Drainage for Ferns in pots . 84-5 
in cases ... 89 
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Dwarf forestry . 
3 f 
E. 
Earth eor Fern Rockery . 
76 
Electuary made from Ferns . 
37 
Exmoor 
111 
F. 
Fairy Cross, near Bideford 
136 
Fern collecting . . 96-101 
collecting, Advice as 
to . . 98-101 
collecting, Tools re- 
quired for . . 98-9 
culture . . .47-89 
culture, A passion 
for . . .48 
culture in pots . 82-6 
culture, Introduction 
to . . .47-50 
culture, Subterra- 
nean . . .67-8 
dell .... 67-8 
garden . . . 69-73 
garden in miniature 73 
garden in winter . 80-1 
glen under glass . 64-6 
holidays . . . 95-6 
house . . ■ 79-81 
house, Construction 
of rockery in . 80-1 
house in miniature . 88 
hunting . . 93-106 
hunting healthful . 95-6 
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Fern hunting and scenery 93-7, 183 
land, Hambies 
through . 109-176 
land, Introduction 
to . . 109-12 
life, Conditions es- 
sential to . 11, 12, 33 
life, Germs of . . 8-10 
of the dripping hol- 
low . . .12 
of the plaiu . 12, 35 
of the sea cave . 35 
of the sloping bank . 35 
of the waterfall . 35 
rockery . . . 74-8 
seed conveys gift of 
invisibility . . 44 
seed ‘ catching ’ . 44 
smoke for driving 
away noisome in- 
sects and serpents 37 
soil, Artificial sub- 
stitute for . . 54 
Leaf-mould for . 53 
valley under glass . 64-6 
world, Inhabitants of 
the . . . 3-4 
Ferns, an element of beauty 
at home .... 87-9 
in the landscape . 6 
as ‘ asparagus ’ . 37 
British 6, 28-9, 177-396 
Candices of . 14, 15 
charm of . . . 7 
Classification of . 26-7 
Conditions of growth 
of . . .11-13 
Crowns of . .17 
Culpeper on . 37, 40-1 
Disposition of case . 89 
Distribution of 28-30, 33-4 
Drainage of case . 89 
Drying . . . 103-6 
Effect of heat, mois- 
ture, and shade on 6 
Effect of sunshine on 6 
Electuary from . 37 
Filmy . . 388-96 
Folk-lore of . . 42-4 
Fronds of . 14, 19-21 
Fructification of . 26-27 
Functions of rootlets 
of . . .16-17 
