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a manner that pleased me much. But the beastly white 

 fly got into the house, and began its depredations upon 

 the young fronds, much to their disfigurement and my own 

 disgust. I began to fumigate the house, this procedure 

 undoubtedly killed the brutes ; but at the same time 

 damaged many of the tender fronds, which I did not 

 discover till some time afterwards. As the white fly soon 

 reappeared, I decided upon syringing with ** Abol " 

 insecticide. This had the desired effect of keeping the 

 pests down, and during last summer scarcely a frond was 

 discoloured. I believe the rather frequent use of " Abol " 

 keeps the fly out of the house. I mention this matter of 

 syringing because a fly bitten Polypod is a sorry sight to 

 look upon. 



Now, as regards my general treatment of Polypods, I 

 will first of all say I never allow the plants to get dry — by 

 this I mean the soil is always kept in a fairly moist 

 condition — not wet or sodden, as the soil is too porous, and 

 the drainage too good for this to happen. In Spring and 

 Autumn I give a good top dressing of leaf mould to which 

 is added a little bone meal. I am a firm believer in the 

 liberal use of good leaf mould (oak for preference) in the 

 culture of the Polypod. With the bone meal it is 

 necessary to be careful and not over do it. 



At all times a sharp look out is kept for slugs and wood- 

 lice. The former do not trouble me much, but the latter 

 are a nuisance, biting off the young fronds. As I keep the 

 floor constantly sprinkled during hot weather and the 

 boards at bottom are beginning to rot, the woodlouse is 

 living in a perfect paradise, as long as he can manage to live. 

 The house is shaded from the outside with a rather open 

 material, which is only used in bright sunshine. Such is a 

 brief and simple outline of my mode of culture and treat- 

 ment of Polypodiums which our Editor in a former number 

 considers to have been successful. 



Perhaps it may be somewhat interesting if I give the 



