222 THE FERN PARADISE. 



the successful culture of the Mountain Bladder 

 Fern. Beautiful and delicate in the extreme, it 

 will well repay all the care and attention which 

 may be lavished upon it. If it could be planted 

 near a fountain, where by some arrangement water 

 could be made to trickle over its roots, or the foun- 

 tain spray could envelop the whole plant, then 

 the natural conditions under which it grows most 

 luxuriantly would be very nearly supplied, and 

 the growth of this exquisite fern would be all 

 that the fern cultivator could wish. 



