48 WHERE TO FIND FERNS. 



and survive adverse conditions that would kill many 01 

 their congeners. 



Shady rocks with leaf-soil, too, the Bladder Ferns need 

 in their wild homes, and just such conditions will suit 

 them under culture. 



The same may be said of the Woodsias, and then 

 we come to the Buckler Ferns, which differ amongst 

 themselves in habit and character. All of them best 

 like the shade, and a rich, porous leaf-mould soil, but 

 only great shade and moisture will suit the Crested and 

 Prickly-toothed Ferns, whilst the Marsh Buckler Fern 

 must grow in as well as on the water. 



All the Spleenworts are rock-loving ferns ; but the 

 Lanceolate and the Sea Spleenworts cannot grow, out 

 of doors, away from the sea's influence, and, hence, 

 away from the sea, must be put under glass as the only 

 substitute for their natural condition. The Green 

 Spleenwort needs similar treatment, to extemporise the 

 state of saturation of the atmosphere, which it must 

 have for preservation in health and vigour. But the 

 rest of the Spleenworts will grow out of doors on 

 sheltered rockery, if planted firmly and carefully in the 

 crevices between the stones. 



Briefly stated, these are the requirements of ferns 

 grown at home. 



