THE FERN PARADISE. 



have fastened themselves to the interior surface 

 of the pans will shrivel and injure the plants. 



Wire baskets of various shapes and designs will 

 be found useful aids in the work of beautifying 

 the rooms of a house with Ferns. The accom- 

 panying woodcut will show the disposition of 

 Ferns in such baskets. 



In damp woods the Harfcstongiie and the 

 Lady Fern are, not unfrequently, found growing 

 together, one clump of earth including the root- 

 stocks and matted fibrous rootlets of the two 

 species of Fern. If such a clump of Fern-roots 

 be brought undisturbed into the home paradise of 





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