CHAPTER III. 



ABOUT SOIL FOE FERNS. 



HERE and how can the Fern-lover 



obtain the soil suitable for growing 

 his favourite plants ? This is a 

 question that the amateur Fern- 

 cultivator will often ask, and though it would 

 be easy to suggest that all trouble on this 

 head may be saved by sending an order for 

 Fern- soil to the nearest nurseryman or florist, 

 such a reply would scarcely be deemed satisfac- 

 tory, and the advice embodied in it, if followed, 

 would not invariably lead to satisfactory results. 

 When the agent employed to supply Fern-soil has 

 given especial attention to Fern-culture, he may 

 probably, in most cases, be trusted to provide 



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