A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



where iMaidenhair Ferns are superb. But 

 nothing would induce me to venture there 

 again, since I have been told it was infested 

 with rattlesnakes, and that the woodchoppers 

 kill a number of them every year. This fact, 

 too, gives me scruples about sending the men 

 to dig them up, although it is an awful 

 temptation. 



All ferns should be transplanted late in 

 the autumn, or very early in the spring be- 

 fore the fronds are started, as they are very 

 easily broken. This is particularly the case 

 with ferns from wet places. "When planted 

 on the east or north side of a house, the 

 tall ones at the back, and Maidenhair and 

 other low varieties in front, they make a 

 beautiful bank of cool green. They must be 

 kept moist, however, to be successful, and in 

 dry weather require a daily soaking. 



The Cardinal Flower, whose natural haunt 

 is along the banks of streams, and whose 

 spikes are of the most beautiful red, can 

 also be safely transplanted, and wdll bloom 



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