HO FERNS IN THEIR HOMES AND OURS. 



their beauty, and the whole became disagreeably 

 brown. The boxes were taken out, and placed under 

 some shrubbery, where they remained in snow and 

 ice till a mild day in February ; when they were 

 taken into the house, and thawed out. In March 

 the boxes were a mass of beautiful young fern- 

 fronds, AriscemaSy Coptis, Smilacinas, &c. The ex- 

 posure had somewhat broken the boxes ; but a little 

 birch-bark on the outside easily restored their good 

 appearance. Whenever our native ferns are grown 

 in this way, it must be remembered that they need 

 their natural winter's rest. 



