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you have, choose that window for the Lady 

 Ferns you may wish to grow indoors. Place 

 the pots containing them, if you will, on the 

 window-ledge, or suspend them in mid-window 

 by a cord depending from the top, and holding 

 a wire basket or other receptacle. The pot 

 saucers should be kept half-full of water, so as 

 to keep the beautiful plants moist and cool. 

 Provide for them soil of rich loam, leaf-mould, 

 peat, and sand. Then they will thrive luxu- 

 riantly in their adopted home ; and from 

 window-sill or mid-window will smile on you 

 thankfully. 



