INDEX. 
PAGE 
Ivy and hardy Ferns... ... 45 
J- 
Joseph Woods, Botanist... 331 
L. 
Lady Fern in Waverley 
38 
Lady Fern 88-9. 107, 
117, 125-6, 
139-40, 150, 
166-67, 188 
culture of 
... 246-7 
description of 
... 243-5 
habitats of ... 
... 245-6 
purple stemmed 
... 139 
Lanceolate spleenwort 
74, 127-8 
culture of ... 
...379-80 
description of 
.. 377-8 
distribution of 
... 378 
habitats of ... 
... 378-9 
Landscapes of Devon 
70 
Lane, a boulder 
129 
a green and ferny ... 139-51 
Lane ! down a green 
... 131-51 
Lane within a lane 
... 137 
Language of Ferns ... 
66 
of flowers 
66 
of science 
66 
a language for 
the 
few 
66 
LASTREA, genus ... 
... 339 
dilatata 
... 344-6 
culture of ... 
... 346 
description of 
... 344-6 
distribution of 
... 346 
habitats of ... 
... 346 
filix-mas 
... 340-4 
culture of ... 
... 343-4 
description of 
... 340-3 
distribution of 
... 340 
habitats of ... 
... 340 
montana 
... 354-7 
culture of ... 
357 
description of 
... 354-6 
distribution of 
... 357 
habitats of ... 
... 356-7 
PAGE 
Lastrea recurva 
... 347-50 
culture of ... 
350 
description of 
. .347-50 
distribution of 
... 347 
habitats of ... 
... 347 
rigida ... 
... 350-1 
culture of ... 
... 351 
description of 
... 350-1 
distribution of 
350 
habitats of ... 
350 
spinulosa . . 
... 352-4 
culture of ... 
... 353-4 
description of 
... 352-3 
habitats of ... 
... 353 
tlielypteris 
357-361 
culture of ... 
... 360-1 
description of 
357-8, 36<> 
habitats of ... 
357-8, 360 
Lateral unrolling of fronds... 221 
Lawn, Ferns on the ... 
... 171-5 
‘ Lawn ’ definition of. . . 
172 
‘ Leads,’ the ... 
183 
Fern-house on 
the... 183 
rockery on the 
183 
Leaflets of fronds 
220 
Leaf-mould 
... 224 
furnishes nutriment 225 
substitute for 
226 
Leaves of Ferns 
... 219 
respiration of 
... 205-6 
stomates in 
... 205-6 
Light subsoils... 
225 
Limestone Polypody... 
299, 301 
culture of ... 
... 301 
description of 
299-300 
distribution of 
... 301 
habitats of ... 
299, 301 
Little Adders-tongue 
277-9 
culture of ... 
279 
description of 
277-8- 
distribution of 
277 
habitats of ... 
277 
Lloyd's Newspaper on 
Ferns 
and the poor 
... 52-3 
Loam ... 
225 
Lobes of fronds 
220 
Log'an rock 
127, 380 
422 
