How a fern (or other plant) is turn 

 out of its not for repotting. 



Spore cases at back of fern frond. 



Fern fronds laid on surface of soil so 

 that the spores may fall there. 



The wrong way to re- 

 pot : drainage is 

 insufficient and the 

 pot too big. 



A novel fern pot 

 really an earthen- 

 ware chimney 

 cowl. 



The right way to 

 repot a fern. 



Fern spores sown in pots, the 

 latter plunged in coco-nut 

 fibre and covered with glass. 



The fern pot inverted, filled 

 with soil and planted. 



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