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feeding. A few slices of carrots, or potatoes or half withered 

 cabbage leaves placed amongst the pots will attract slugs, 

 where they can be gathered every morning and destroyed. 

 It is quite unnecessary to give a list of names of ferns 

 suitable for house culture, as all native ferns are eligible, 

 and may be successfully grown if the proper conditions are 

 attended to, as briefly indicated in the foregoing remarks. 

 We may, however, mention the following as being suitable for 

 growing in rustic hanging baskets : Asplenuim flabellifo- 

 lium: its delicate trailing fronds and long tendril-like midribs, 

 which hang in graceful festoons over the edge of the basket, 

 render it an object of great beauty when grown in that 

 manner ; this common little fern is a denizen of the Port 

 and other hills, near Christchurch, growing in the dry 

 crevices of rocks. Adiantum affiney and Adiantum assimile r 

 both beautiful maiden-hair ferns suitable for the purpose. 



