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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



lands would not have too much sun in the open in Britain, provided 

 they were in the right soil. 



Many hardy Ferns are excellent for association with hardy flowers, 

 and many may be grouped with evergreen rock and hill plants in 



Native Ferns massed by shady walk (Devon,). From a photograph by S. W. Fitzherbert. 



forming borders and groups of evergreen plants. Though we have 

 enough native Ferns in these islands to give us very fine effects, as we 

 see at Penrhyn, or wherever Ferns are boldly grouped, some of the 

 finest Ferns we see at Newick, and also at Rhianva and other gardens, 



