INDEX. 
PAGE 
BLECHNUM Spicant 
. 248-51 
culture of ... 
. 250-1 
description of 
. 248-50 
distribution of 
. 250 
habitats of ... 
. 248-50 
Boggy sites of peat ... 
. 224 
Bold heights of Devon 
69 
Book of Nature 
62 
‘ Books in the running brooks 
(ill us . ) 
63 
Boon nature in town centres 
29 i 
Botany a beautiful science .. 
. . 62 | 
B0TRYCHIUM lunaria 
. 272-3 I 
culture of ... 
. 273 | 
description of 
. 272-3 ! 
distribution of 
272 ! 
habitats of ... 
. 273 
Boulder lane, a 
129 
Bounties of the natural world 61 
Bovey ... 
. 110 ! 
Bracken 84, 105, 117, 124 
, 135-6, 
138-9, 144, 147 
-8, 188, ; 
229-338 ! 
charm of 
. 230 
culture of ... 
. 236-8 i 
description of 
. 231-5 
distribution of 
229 
habitats of ... 
. 230-1 
Breathing functions of leaves 205 
pores of leaves 
. 205 
Breath of sweet spring 
flowers 
. 211 
Bridge Town ... 
95 
Bristle Fern ... 
.268-71 
culture of ... 
. 271 
description of 
. 269-71 
distribution of 
.. 269 
habitats of ... 
.. 268-9 
Bristol Channel 
70 
British Architect on Ferns . 
.. 49-51 
British Fern groups ... 
281-413 
Ferns 
229-413 ! 
British Quarterly Review on 
Ferns! 
46-7 
Brittle Bladder Fern... 
.. 320-1 
culture of ... 
.. 321 
description of 
. 320-1 
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Brittle Bladder Fern — 
distribution of ... 321 
Broad Buckler Fern 83, 107, 117, 
126, 135-6, 139-40, 144, 149, 
344-6 
culture of ... ... 346 
description of ... 344-6 
distribution of ... 346 
Brutus, landing- of . .. ... 97 
Buckler Ferns... ... ...339-61 
C. 
Calceolarias ... ... 179 
Capabilities of Ferns in 
decoration ... ... 51 
Carbonic acid g-as ... 204, 206 
Cement for rockeries 168, 175 
Charming- charactesistics of 
Devon ... ... ... 69 
ferneries in back 
windows . . 48 
Chemical manure ... ... 226 
I ‘ Children ol the woods’ ... 221 
Circinate rolling- in ... ... 220 
City desert places .. ... 50 
life, conditions of ... 49 
Civilization, refining- in- 
fluences of ... ... 46 
Clay brackets tor Fern pots 165 
Clayey earth ... ... ... 225 
Clay Fern pots ... ... 164 
hang-ing- Fern pans 164 
Clematis ... ... ... 178 
Clerg-v and the poor .. . ... 51 
Cliffs of Devon 69 
Coast line of Devon . . ... 69 
scenery of Devon ... 69 
Colour, g-orgeousness of ... 65 
which delights the eye 49 
Common Adders-tongue 74, 274-6 
kinds of Ferns ... 66 
Common Maidenhair Spleen- 
wort ... 88, 102, 108, 113, 
385-8 
culture of ... ... 388 
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