THE Boston Fern SHow 99 
panicles of yellow butterfly flowers, and with ferns for 
background. 
The remaining wall held the greatest interest for the 
fern lover. Picture a rocky slope sixty feet long, perhaps 
ten feet on the slope, with bays and projecting pro- 
montories, covered with a diverse array of tropical fern 
species, scarcely two plants of the same species, and 
with a total of nearly one hundred kinds altogether. 
It was not merely a pot plant display, for the plants 
were set among the rocks, with the pots hidden under 
moss or otherwise concealed, and the different kinds 
stood out as individuals growing naturally against a 
not improbable background. The feeling of the wild 
was somewhat interrupted by a grotto or cave in the 
center, with white figures of children, electrically 
illuminated. 
It is difficult to pick out any particular species for 
special comment. The whole bank was a wealth o 
forms, representing about forty genera. Perhaps Sela- 
ginella uncinata (or caesia), in a collection of selaginellas, 
deserves comment for its beautifully iridescent, blue- 
green foliage, most unusual in plants. Credit for the 
general arrangement of this room goes to Mr. Douglas 
Eccleston, superintendent for Mr. Burrage. 
In the next room there were a series of glass cases 
containing leaves of various fern species displayed to 
show their fruiting characteristics, and one case with 
fern books. This room was in a balcony, overlooking 
the main hall, over one hundred feet long, and two or 
three stories high. : 
From it one looked down on tons of ferns, covering 
hundreds of square feet of floor and wall space under 
their varying shades of green. In the foreground, the 
Manda collections were most attractively arranged in 
a landscaped effect, with a central plot of ‘lawn,’ made 
by a spread of a small variety of Boston fern, sloping 
