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Louise Darzens, Louise Peyronny, Madame Alplionse Lavallee, 

 IMdlle. Marie Finger, Marquise de Castellane, Monsieur E. Y. 

 Teas, Mrs. Baker, Prince Camille de Rohan, A. K. Williams, and 

 Jules Margottin, This list might be much extended, as any 

 vigorous grower may be added to it. 



Bourbon Roses. — Baroune Gouella, Emotion, Eeine Victoria, 

 Queen of the Boui'bons, Souvenir de la Malmaison. 



Moss Roses. — Madame Landeau, Mr W. Paul Salet, Lanei, and 

 Little Gem. 



Indoor Ferneries. — In the construction and arrangement 

 of an indoor fernery there is abundant scope for the exercise of 

 taste and skill. No class of plants submit so readily to such 

 a number of dissimilar conditions as Ferns, and the question 

 of temperature has less significancy in their case than in that 

 of most plants. It is true that to grow some species care 

 must be exercised, but many of the so-called stove Ferns will 

 succeed in a warm greenhouse, and all the greenhouse species 

 will flourish in a warm house. Even hardy Ferns will acquire 

 a freshness of tint under glass which does not always belong to 

 them in the open air. Most Ferns are considered to do best 

 in a shady position. To a certain extent this is true, but I 

 am convinced that more shade than is necessary is frequently 

 given them, especially if we want any of the fronds for bouquet 

 making or for mixing with flowers, or if we wish at any 

 time to move the plants out of the house in which they grow, 

 which most people do at some time or other if grown in pots. 

 Fronds grown in the shade in a high temperature heavily laden 

 with moisture are of no use for cutting, nor even are the plants 

 grown under such conditions of any use for decorating rooms, for 

 the least blast of cold air shrivels up the delicate pinnules almost 

 immediately. In constructing a fernery we must first take into 

 consideration what is our aim and object. If we want plants to 

 be moved into the rooms, or fronds for cutting to mix with flowers, 

 they must have plenty of light and as low a night temperature as 

 is consistent with healthy growth. If, on the other hand, we 

 simply want to enjoy the plants as they grow without thought of 

 removal, then the natural system of arrangement is decidedly the 

 best. In such a case pots and tubs may be dispensed with. The 

 ferneiy should be as large and lofty as means will admit, for 

 no fernery will contain a representative collection that does not 

 include some of the Australian Tree Ferns, and these require 

 a considerable amount of space upwards and laterally, for their 

 fronds are far-reaching. In a natural fernery the outline of 

 tlie beds and borders should have as picturesque a surface as can 



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