INDEX. 
A. 
PAGE 
About soil bob Ferns . 247-50 
Absorbing attraction of Ferns 243 
Adders-tongue . 300-302, 310 
culture of 
. 301-2 
description of . 
. 300-1 
distribution of . 
. 301 
habitats of 
300-302 
ADIA'NT'U'BILcapillus-Vene?°is'28t>-9 
culture of 
. 287-9 
description of . 
. 285-6 
distribution of . 
. 285 
habitats of 
.285-6 
Advantages of contrast . 
. 21 
iEsthetic considerations 
28, 216 
Agencies for the elevation and 
refinement of the poor 
. 25 
Aids to Fern culture 
. 250 
ALLOSORUS crisjpus . 
.291-3 
culture of. 
. 293 
description of . 
. 291-2 
distribution of . 
. 293 
habitats of 
. 293 
Alpine Bladder Fern 
. 356-7 
culture of 
. 357 
description of . 
. 356-7 
Alpine Polypody . . . 
.332-3 
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Alpine Polypody— 
PAGE 
culture of 
. 333 
description of . 
.332-3 
distribution of . 
. 333 
habitats of 
. 333 
Alpine Woodsia 
. 370-1 
culture of 
. 371 
description of . 
. 370 
habitats of 
. 370-1 
Alternate Spleenwort . 
. 408-9 
culture of 
. 409 
description of . 
. 409 
distribution of . 
. 408-9 
habitats of 
. 408 
Alternation, unrolling in 
. 243 
Amateur Ferneries 
. 168 
fernery and aqua- 
riurn .. 
. 200-1 
4 Amies ’ chemical manure 
. 250 
Animals and plants 
. 195 
Annual Maidenhair 
289-90 
culture of 
. 290 
description of . 
289-90 
habitats of 
. 290 
Aquaria, Ferns and 
195-201 
( illustration) . 
. 200 
Aquarium, bell-glass ( illus .) . 197-8 
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