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Care should always be taken to see that the 

 pots are well drained by a layer of broken tiles 

 or bricks at the bottom. Epiphytic ferns are 

 best grown in hanging wire baskets in a soil 

 containing a quantity of charcoal and gravel. 

 Many ferns which in their wild state grow on 

 trees or damp rocks thrive well in ordinary 

 soil, while others require, like orchids, to be tied 

 up with moss to pieces of wood or old tree 

 trunks. 



