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beautiful effects. A field of blue flag makes a 

 picture that may always be admired, as does also 

 a field or group of wild carrots or daisies. Ferns 

 are most excellent subjects, and, from the softness 

 and orrace of their outline and the masses in which 



Bank of Christmas Ferns. 



they grow, they lend themselves most admirably 

 to the making of artistic pictures. 



The flower photographer who would make a 

 really beautiful and valuable collection of nega- 

 tives cannot afford to pass by anything, not even 

 the meanest and lowliest of the " weeds." I have 

 photographed flowers on the edges of roadways, 

 where I had first to shake the dust from them, 



