INDEX. 
A. 
PAGE 
About Soil for Ferns 
... 223-6 
Absorbing - attraction of Ferns 221 
Adders-tongue 
274-6, 282 
culture of ... 
. . 275-6 
description of 
... 274-5 
distribution of 
275 
habitats of ... 
... 274-6 
ADIANTUM cap illus- Veneris 259-63 
culture of 
... 261-3 
description of 
... 259-60 
distribution of 
... 259 
habitats of ... 
. . 259-60 
Advantages of contract 
43 
Aesthetic considerations 
50, 202 
Agencies for the elevation 
and refinement of 
the 
poor 
47 
Aids to Fern culture ... 
... 226 
ALLOSORUS crispns 
... 265-7 
culture of ... 
... 267 
description of 
... 265-6 
distribution of 
... 267 
habitats of ... 
... 267 
Alpine Bladder Fern.. 
.. 322-3 
culture of 
... 323 
description of 
... 322-3 
Alpine Polypody 
... 302-3 
culture of ... 
... 303 
description of 
... 302-3 
Alpine Polypody — 
PAGE 
distribution of 
... 303 
habtats of ... 
... 303 
Alpine Woodsia 
... 334-5 
culture of ... 
... 335 
description of 
334 
habitats of ... 
... 334-5 
Alternate Spleenwort 
... 368-9 
culture of 
... 369 
description ot 
... 369 
distribution of 
... 36S-9 
habitats of .. 
... 368 
Alternation, unrolling in 
... 221 
Amateur Ferneries ... 
168 
fernery and aqua- 
rium 
... 192-3 
‘ Amies ’ chemical manure 
226 
Animals and plants ... 
187 
Annual Maidenhair ... 
... 263-4 
culture of ... 
... 264 
description of 
... 263-4 
habitats of ... 
264 
Aquaria, Ferns and .. 
187-193 
( illustration ) 
... 192 
Aquarium, bell-glass {illus. 
) 189-90 
in miniature... 
190 
Area, courtyard 
... 183 
Fern-house ... 
180, 1S2 
‘wells’ ... 17£ 
i, ISO-182 
198-9 
windows 
... 179 
made charming 
... 180 
414 
