THE FERN PARADISE. 



into requisition in order to make the structure as 

 irregular, rugged, and picturesque as a natural 

 fernery. 



Ferns are often found in nature in association 

 with old trees. In a wood or forest, the old tree 

 forks, and the cavities of pollard trunks, as well 

 as the hollows of many a prostrate and decaying 

 tree stump, afford congenial habitats for certain 

 species of Ferns the familiar Common Polypody, 

 for instance. Hence in cultivation, it is a 

 frequent practice to imitate such woody habitats 

 of Ferns by the employment of virgin cork a 

 substance which bears a sufficiently close resem- 

 blance to the bark of trees to warrant its use in 

 the manner indicated. By the tasteful arrange- 

 ment of this material very pretty effects may be 

 produced in the artificial fernery, or in any place 

 which it may be desired to brighten and to 

 beautify by the presence of graceful ferny 

 growths. 



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