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fronds, which have a slight rosy tinge 

 when young. Does admirably well 

 in the case. 



All the Doodias come up spon- 

 taneously from self sown spores 

 wherever they are cultivated ; so 

 that if the cultivator once possesses 



Doodias ; they are almost as fond of 

 Doodias as of lettuces. 



JPteris scaler ula. — I depart fromthe 

 alphabetical arrangement in order to 

 name this (a well-known fern) as one 

 of the best for cases, baskets, un- 

 heated greenhouses, and every pos- 



, MUMP 



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PTEEIS SCAEF.RUtA. 



them he is likely never to lose them, 

 for if the specimens are lost, seedlings 

 of the same kinds will appear some 

 day to replace them. When snails get 

 into a greenhouse or fern case, the 

 very first ferns they attack are the 



sible place or purpose for ferns, pro- 

 vided it is not exposed to frost and 

 snow. A fine plant in a basket here 

 passed through the winter of 1864-5 

 in a house which was wholly without 

 heat, and in which icicles were often 



