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is not a large place, but somehow it lends itself to sites 

 for ferns. The fact is that ferns flourish when nothing 

 else will grow, damp corners and cold, with aspects north 

 and east, here you can have them to perfection — if only 

 the necessary shelter be there. My oldest fernery is 

 formed with the, help of the areas on the north-east and 

 north-west sides of the house ; protection is afforded by 

 valley-like cuttings from the ground level to the area 

 level, and the ferns ask little more. From a bridge over 

 one of these valleys we look down on an exceptionally 

 fine specimen of P. ang. divisilohum plumosum laxwn (Fox). 

 Acquired in 1896, and moved once or twice in search of 

 comfort, it now occupies a deep and quiet hollow, where 

 it has given birth to many children, and made many 

 friends. Hard by, a tree stump is fair with P. v. Covnu- 

 biense, of this method of growing more presently; now we 

 turn to look at another P. ang. pUimoswn termed Dissectum, 

 and at P. ang. pendens, a remarkable weeping form, whose 

 light green foliage always attracts attention. To attempt 

 an enumeration of the different varieties all around us 

 would only be tedious; I content myself with pointing 

 out some of the P. ang. divisilohum section, among which 

 Rohnstnin is particularly good, and Lastrea polydactyla 

 Dadds, a bold and very free-growing form. You will also 

 like to see that curious P. ang., found by the Rev. H. Davy, 

 which I had the honour of introducing, and naming 

 ' Sintiosum ' on account of its sinuous midribs. 



Fernery No. 2 is known as the * Polypodery.' The 

 Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society published 

 some photographs of its ferns, and an account of one of 

 the methods adopted for growing the polypodium. As 

 there is some prospect of the article appearing in these 

 pages, no detail need now be given. It will suffice to say 

 that the chief division of the fernery consists of an old elm 

 cut into short lengths and hollowed out. With the help 

 of a compost of leaf mould and lime rubble, the polypodiums 



