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THE PLANT WORLD. 



AN INDOOR ROCKERY. 



Magnificent quartz crystals like the 60-lb specimen shown in the 

 illustration, apparently fashioned for its present use, are not met with 

 every day. However, something else would answer as well for a bee- 

 hive in the stone wall, consequently the original tenants were turned 

 out before the Pellaeas moved in. Roomy apartments on the top, grin- 



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ning fissures at the sides, cosy nooks and pockets here and there tempt 

 the fern culturist to rival nature if he can. Intelligent and artistic 

 filling of such a subject requires time and thought as well as proper 

 selection of plants and implements for the work. 



Mv "stock" for the occasion consisted of fine specimens of Pellaea 

 atropwpurea^ Asjjlenium Ruta muraria^ both rare and beautiful; 



