WHERE HARDY FERNS CAN BE GROWN 15 



There was absolutely no special prepara- 

 tion of the soil, or even a formal cutting away 

 of the sod for the luxuriant border, sections 

 of which are shown in the illustrations (Frontis. 

 and Plate 6). The luxuriance of this display 

 is by no means due to careful planting, but 

 to the fact that the soil happened to be good 

 and other conditions right. Properly pre- 

 pared beds where the environment is not as 

 favourable are often less luxuriant. 



MOVING AND ESTABLISHING MATURE SPECI- 

 MENS 



The successful establishment of mature 

 specimens in the home grounds depends 

 largely upon intelligent transplanting, which 

 necessitates a knowledge of the various 

 forms of root growth. Fern culture is one 

 thing and fern digging quite another, as the 

 inexperienced find to their surprise and sorrow 

 if an attempt to uproot a monarch of the 

 swamp be made without the proper imple- 

 ments. It is worth while to sacrifice speci- 



