CHAPTER XIV 



NATIVE FEKNS 



Ferns have their native haunts in rock crevices and 

 among the roots of vegetation, where moisture is easily 

 retained and where they are at least partly sheltered from 



FIG. 74. Ferns near the Front Door 

 The house faces toward the north 



sun and wind. The leaves of trees and shrubbery which 

 fall on the roots each autumn serve as a protection from 

 the cold during the winter ; the following summer they 



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