THE LADY FEKN. 



charming fronds. If you would see these dis- 

 played in their natural and graceful habit, their 

 tips should not touch any jutting fragment of 

 stone. Although planted in the lowest tier of 

 your rockery, it should stand on the crest of a 

 stony knoll, so that its arching fronds may be 

 thrown upwards and outwards, free of any 

 surrounding obstruction. In such a chosen 

 situation, it will exhibit the perfection of its 

 gracefully arching habit. 



Have you a shady window in the house, on 

 which, facing north, the sun never shines ? If 

 you have, choose that window for the Lady Ferns 

 you may wish to grow indoors. Place the pots 

 containing them, if you will, on the window- 

 ledge, or suspend them in mid-window by a cord 

 depending from the top, and holding a wire 

 basket or other receptacle. The pot saucers 

 should be kept half-full of water, so as to keep 

 the beautiful plants moist and cool. Provide 

 for them soil of rich loam, leaf-mould, peat, and 

 sand. Then they will thrive luxuriantly in their 

 adopted home; and from window-sill or mid- 

 window will smile on you thankfully. 



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