INDEX, 
repay consideration 37 
rest the tired brain 40 
sensitive to thought- 
ful tenderness... 37 
suggest a new source 
of pleasure ... 40 
suggest thoughts of 
green fields ... 40 
of sweet wild flowers 40 
of woods .. ... 40 
surroundings of ... 42 
the most beautiful of 
vegetable forms 65 
will brighten the 
homes of the 
poor ... ... 40 
will freshen and 
beautify our homes 37 
will grow anywhere 51 
will not droop like 
exile ... ... 39 
Ferny lanes of Devon ... 92 
moorlands ... ... 109-29 
rambles in South 
Devon ... . . 91-108 
Fertilizer, chemical ... ... 226 
Few homes without plants 
or flowers... ... ... 216 
Fibrous roots of Ferns ... 219 
Filling up sunless corners ... 44 
vacant corners with 
Ferns ... ... 33 
Filmy Ferms ... ... 399-403 
Fingle Bridge 110,116, 181-21, 125 
Fish and Ferns ... . 187-9 
Fish and Fishing ... ... 188 
Floral purpose, odds and ends 
turned to a ... ... 54 
Eloral transformations ... 178 
Flower gardening- in town 
suburbs ... ... ... 29 
Flowerless monotony of city 50 
Flowers in backyards ... 29 
on the window-sill .. . 178 
Flower stands. . . ... ... 178 
windows ... ... 181 
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Food of plants ... ... 204 
Forest, stillness cf ... ... 42 
Forked spleen wort ... 74, 367-8 
culture of ... ... 368 
description of ... 367-8 
habitats of ... ... 368 
Form, beauty of ... ... 65 
Form which delights the 
eye ... ... ... 47 
Fountains and rockwork .. 184 
Fresh green plants in every 
corner ... ... ... 42 
Freshness of colour in Ferns 46 
Fronds like balls ... .. 220 
of Ferns ... ... 219 
unrolling ... ... 220 
Fuchsias ... ... ... 179 
G. 
Gardens in large town- 
centres, the exception 29 
‘ Garden of England ’ ... 66, 70 
Garden soil, rough ... ... 225 
Geraniums ... ... ... 179 
Gifs of the all-wise Creator 58 
Glass over area ‘ wells ’ ... 182 
shades ... ... 163 
stands ... ... 163 
Glories of the Devonshire 
moorland ... ... ... 39 
Glorious forms of Fern life ... 65 
vegetation of the 
earth ... ... 62 
Glowing heat of the tropics 42 
Graceful forms of Ferns ... 47 
Gracefulness and beauty of 
Ferns ... ... 45-7, 65 
Granite boulder ... ... 45 
Green lane ! Down a ... 131-51 
Green lanes of Devon . . . 69, 84 
life in the country ... 37 
Green spleenwort ... ... 383-4 
culture of ... ... 384 
description of ... 383-4 
habitats of ... ... 383 
Ground fernerv ... ... 210 
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