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How to Make a Flower Garden 



posed to have been introduced from Europe. The fohage of this noble 

 fern rises to a height of four or five feet, is much divided into narrow 

 segments, and is of a very pleasing light green throughout the summer; 

 but as autumn approaches the leaves are seen to turn gradually to a 

 bright yellow, and from this to brown, for this fern is not an evergreen. 



Open glades in the woods 

 often provide the abiding place for 

 this fern, where its sturdy foliage 

 gets a fair amount of sunshine, and 

 at the same time sufficient moist- 

 ure to furnish sustenance for its 

 abundant roots. The "royal fern" 

 (Osmunda regahs), also known as 

 "flowering fern" owing to the 

 peculiar manner in which the fertile 

 fronds are thrown up in the center 

 of the plant's growth, is more of a 

 swamp-lover, and is often found 

 growing in a rather wet bottom. 

 Fortunately, the "royal fern" is 

 not an extremely difficult subject 

 to transplant from the woods to 

 the home grounds, but a moist 

 bottom and a partial shelter from 

 sunshine are requisites for the 

 best progress of the transplanted 

 specimen. 



The cinnamon fern {Osmunda 

 ctnnamomea) is another interesting 

 The clenched fists of expanding ferns mcmbcr of this family, and shows 



great ability to adapt itself to its surroundings ; for while its most natural 

 habitat is a somewhat swampy field, or along the outer edge of a swamp, 

 yet this same cinnamon fern has been found in considerable numbers 

 on a very dry and stony bank beside a dusty road in Delaware. 



Then there is the "Christmas fern," the long and narrow fronds of 

 which remind one of the sword ferns, and are used in vast quantities by 

 florists all over the land as a groimdwork or backing for floral designs. These 



