CHAPTER XVII. 



FLOWERING-PLANTS TO GROW WITH FERNS. 



|O extended lists of plants will be attempted 

 in this chapter; but suggestions will be 

 ^31 given as to the classes of plants most 

 suitable for cultivation with ferns. 



In house-culture, particularly in the tropical 

 house, the various species of Palms are frequently 

 grown with fine effect. The catalogues of dealers 

 in rare plants, either on this or the other side of 

 the Atlantic, will give the prices and sizes of these ; 

 and a reference to such books as Martius' " Genera 

 and Species of Palms " will enable the purchaser 

 to form some idea of the shape of their fronds and 

 their mode of growth. It also is frequently the 

 case that the dealers' catalogues are themselves 

 well illustrated. 



The Aroidece contain many plants, especially the 

 highly-colored Caladiums, well adapted to grow 

 with ferns. 



One of the most magnificent plants that can be 



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