INDEX. 
N. 
PAGE 
Native Ferns, Home of our 66 
Native grace and beauty of 
Ferns 216 
• Nature, admiring- and loving- 
communion with ... 46 
book of ... ... 62 
conquers everywhere 
in Devon ... 114 
forms of magnifi- 
cence and beauty 
in ... ... 46 
is never still ... 197 
love of the beauti- 
ful in ... ... 46 
Nature’s abundant plant 
wealth ... ... ... 187 
clouds and shadows 46 
forests ... ... 46 
great seas ... ... 46 
mountain rang-es ... 46 
rising" and setting 
suns ... ... 46 
running seas ... 46 
valuable lessons ... 226 
Newton Abbot ... 110, 115 
Noble cliffs of Devon ... 69 
Noble growing Ferns {Ulus. 
Frontispiece ) ... ... 137 
North Bovey River ... ... 126 
No monotony in Devon ... 69 
Nooks and rockeries for Ferns 167 
No plants exceed Ferns in 
beauty, gracefulness and 
variety ... ... ... 46 
North seaboard of Devon ... 69 
No out-look without Ferns .. 186 
Number of Devonshire Ferns 70 
Nutcracker rock ... ... 127 
0. 
Oak Fern 
. 295-8 
Oaktree figure in Bracken .. 
. 235 
PAGE 
Oblong Woodsia 
332-3 
culture of ... 
333 
description of 
332-3 
distribution of 
333 
Odds and ends turned to a 
floral purpose 
54 
One-sided Filmy Fern 
402-3 
culture of ... 
403 
description of 
402 
habitats of ... 
402-3 
‘ Only a leaf 
205 
Open spaces in towns 
28 
OPIOGLOSSUM lusitanicum 
277-9 
culture of ... 
279 
description of 
277-8 
distribution of 
277 
habitats of ... 
277 
vulgatum 
274-6 
culture of 
275-6 
description of 
274-5 
distribution of 
275 
habitats of ... 
274-6 
Organic form, subtle grace of 
48 
tender beauty of ... 
48 
OSMUNDA regalis ... 
251-8 
description of 
251-2 
253-4 
habitats of ... 25 
d, 254 
Outlooks on leads 
182 
Oxygen and carbon inspired 
by plants ... 
204 
Oxygen respired by plants . . . 
206 
P. 
Paradise, a working man’s 
53-5 
Paradise of Ferns, a 
77-90 
an inner 
138-51 
Paradise of moss and Ferns, a 
198 
Peat 
224 
furnishes moisture . . . 
225 
Peculiar attractions of Fern 
culture 
49 
charm of Devon ... 
69 
elegance of Ferns... 
220 
growth of Ferns ... 
220 
424 
