INDEX. 
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Area-window-conservatory ... 183 
Fern house .... ... 183 
Arid aspect of backyards .. 29 
Artistic floral displays ... 178 
Ashburton ... ... 97-98, 103 
ASPLENIUM, genus ... 365-6 
adiantnni-nigrum ... 373-6 
culture of ... ... 376 
description of ... 373-5 
distribution of ... 375 
habitats of ... ... 375-6 
ceterach... ... ... 392-6 
culture of ... ... 396 
description of ... 392-4 
habitats of ... 392-3, 395-6 
fontanum ... ... 381-3 
culture of ... ... 382-3 
description of ... 382 
distribution of ... 381 I 
habitats of ... ... 381 i 
germanicum ... ... 368-9 
culture of ... ... 369 
description of ... 369 
distribution of ... 368-9 
habitats of ... ... 368 
lanceolatuvi ... ... 377-80 
culture of ... ...379-80 
description of ... 377-8 
distribution of ... 378 
habitats of ... ... 378-9 
mar inum ... ... 388-92 
culture of 391-2 
description of ... 389-90 
habitats of ... ... 388-9 
ruta-muraria .. ... 370-2 
culture of ... ... 372 
description of ... 370-2 
distribution of 370 
habitats of ... ... 370-1 
scptcntrionale ... ... 367-8 
culture of ... ... 368 
description of ... 367-8 
habitats of ... ... 368 
trichomanes ... ... 385-8 
culture of ... ... 388 
description of ... 385-6 
habitats of ... ... 386-7 
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Asplenium viride .. ... 383-4 
culture of ... • ... 384 
description of .. 383-4 
habitats of ... ... 383 
Association in Nature ... 187 
ATHYRIUM felix fcemina ... 243-7 
culture of ... ... 246-7 
description of ... 243-5 
habitats of ... ... 245-6 
Attractions of Fern culture... 49 
B. 
Badly Lighted Rooms and 
Ferns ... ... ... 48 
Balcony ferneries ... ... 184 
Bare and plantless corners... 44 
walls and Ferns ... 175 
Basement rooms ... ... 183 
windows 180 
Bays of Devon ... ... 69 
| Beautiful-leaved plants . 178 
Beauty and gracefulness of 
Ferns ... ... 45-7, 65 
of form and colour... 49 
which delights the 
eye ... .. 49 
of organic form ... 48 
sacrificed by adj uncts 
of civilization .. 49 
Bedrooms, Ferns in ... ... 208 
Bedroom-window ‘ wells ’ ... 184 
Bell-glass aquarium... ...189-90 
Bell glasses ... ... ... 163 
Berry Pomeroy .. 310, 394 
Birds and plants ... ... 187 
‘ Bits of green’ ... ... 52-3 
Black Maidenhair Spleenwort 
102, 103, 104, 108, 113, 117, 128 
373-6 
culture of ... ... 376 
description of ... 373-5 
distribution of ... 375 
habitats of ... .. 375-6 
Bladder Ferns... ... ...319-27 
Bleak aspect of backyards... 29 
outlooks ... ... 181 
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