INDEX. 
PAGE 
Groups, Fern ... ... ... 281-2 
Growing - position of Ferns ... 225 
Growth of cottage garden- 
ing - 47 
Guardian on Ferns ... ... 51-2 
GYMNOGRAMMA lepto- 
phylla ... ... ... 263-4 
culture of ... .. 264 
description of ... 263-4 
habitats of ... ... 264 
H. 
Half. lighted windows ... 183 
Hanging Fern baskets ... 175 
Fern pots ... ... 175 
Hard Fern 107, 117, 126, 207-8, 
248-51 
culture of ... ... 250-1 
description of ... 248-50 
distribution of ... 250 
habitats of . . . ... 248-50 
Hardness and monotony of 
business ... ... ... 46 
of every-day life ... 46 
Hard Prickly Shield Fern ... 308-10 
culture of ... ... 310 
description of ... 308-10 
distribution of ... 310 
habitats of ... ... 310 
Hardy Ferns and badly- 
lighted rooms ... ... 48 
Hartstongue 80-82, 100, 102-3, 
105, 108, 112, 117, 135, 139, 
166-67, 239-42 
culture of ... ... 242 
description of ...239-41 
distribution of ... 239 
habitats of ... ... 241-2 
Hay scented Buckler Fern 
74, 347-9 
a search for..; ... 347-8 
culture of ... ... 350 
description of ... 347-50 
distribution of ... 347 
habitats of ... ... 347 
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Heavy subsoils ... .. 225 
Hedge-bank fissures... ... 196 
‘ Hidden by Ferns and mosses’ 45 
Hidden seed .. ... ... 218 
High roads of Devon ... 104 
Hillman, Charles, Fern col- 
lector ... ... 347, 359 
Hills of Devon, rugged bold- 
ness of ... ... ... 69 
Holly Fern 314-6 
culture of ... ... 316 
description of ... 314-6 
distribution of ... 315 
Home of our Native Ferns... 66 
Horseman’s steps ... 110, 125-6 
Household tastes flowerward 180 
Hygienic influence of plants 
in rooms ... ... 201-211 
Introduction to ... 201-2 
HYMENOPHYLLUM, genus 399 
tunbridgense ... ... 400-1 
culture of ... ... 403 
description of ... 400-1 
distribution of ... 400 
habitats of ... ... 400 
unilaterale ... ... 402-3 
culture of ... 403 
description of ... 402 
habitats of ... .!. 402-3 
I. 
Imitating natural rock ... 169 
rustic woodwork ... 165 
Imitation of Nature ... ... 193 
Increase in window gardeners 177 
Indulging sentiment ... ... 41 
Indusia of Ferns ... ... 319 
Influence of plants in rooms 203-11 
Inner paradise of Ferns ... 138 
Inoculated with passion for 
Ferns ... ... ... 49 
Insects and plants ... ... 187 
Interdependence of animals 
and plants ... ... 203 
Interest taken in culture of 
Ferns ... ... 47 
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