INDEX. 
R. 
PAGE 
Rachis in Ferns ... ... 220 
Recesses for Ferns .. ... 167 
Refining - influence of civiliza 
tion ... ... ... 46 
Relationship in the Fern 
world .. ... ... 281 
Remedy for the monotony of 
the City ... ... ... 50 
Reposing the eye with the 
contemplation of forest 
greenery ... ... ... 42 
Reproduction of the floral 
charms of the country 51 
Respiration of leaves ... 205-6 
Rhizomas of Ferns .. ... 232 
Rigid Buckler Fern ... ... 350-1 
culture of ... ... 351 
description of ... 350-1 
distribution of ... 350 
habitats of ... ... 350 
Riverside ramble in Devon... 121-5 
River, the sight of a ( illus .) 56 
Rockery for Ferns ... ... 173 
Rocks and Ferns in balco- 
nies ... ... ... 184 
Rock Spleenwort ... ... 381-3 
culture of ... ... 382-3 
description of ... 382 
distribution of ... 381 
habitats of ... ... 381 
Rock work on ‘ the leads’ ... 184 
Root-fibres ... ... ... 224 
Rootstocks of Ferns... ... 219 
Rough garden soil ... ... 225 
Royal Fern ... ... ... 251-8 
a search for.. . ... 254-8 
description of ... 251-4 
habitats of ... 251, 254 
Rue leaved Spleenwort „ 370-2 
culture of ... ... 372 
description of ... 370-2 
distribution of ... 370 
habitats of ... ... 370-1 
Rustic fernery ... ... 45 
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PAGE 
Sandy loam 225 
Saturday Reviewer on Fern 
culture ... ... ... 36-8 
Saw-edged fronds ... ... 220 
Scales of Ferns ... ... 219 
Scalloped fronds ... ... 220 
Scaly Spleenwort ...89, 102, 106, 
392-6 
a search for... ... 394-5 
culture of ... ... 396 
description of ... 392-4 
habitats of ... 392-3, 395-6 
Scenery of Devon (illus.) ... 67 
Science, language of ... 66 
Scientific writers ... ... 66 
SC0L0PENDIUM vulgare . . .239-42 
culture of ... ... 242 
description of . 239-41 
distribution of ... 239 
habitats of ... ... 241-2 
Screens of Ferns ... ... 210 
of moss ... ... 210 
of trailing ivy ... 210 
Seaboard of Devon .. ... 69 
Sea Spleenwort ... 73, 388-92 
a search for... ... 390-1 
culture of .. ... 391-2 
description of ... 389-90 
habitats of ... ... 388-9 
Secret of Fern growth ... 225-6 
Seed cases of Ferns... ... 66 
Seeds, countless myriads of 66 
without flowers ... 218 
Shade and verdure in our 
streets ... ... ... 50 
Shady bed-room windows ... 184 
corners for Ferns ... 172-3 
crevices for Ferns... 172 
windows .. 179, 1 S3 
Shady woods ... ... ... 211 
Shield Ferns ... ... 307-316 
Shrubs, &c. , in pots ... ... 29 
Simple fronds ... ... ... 220 
unrolling- ... 220 
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