WHERE HARDY FERNS CAN BE GROWN 13 



under cultivation with as much grace (and 

 with but a trifle less luxuriance) as though 

 Nature herself had selected the environment. 

 But it must not be inferred that the growth 

 of ferns is regulated by the points of the 

 compass. An eastern exposure is preferable, 

 because partial shade is a condition in native 

 haunts and easily simulated in a situation 

 where extremes of sun and shade are practi- 

 cally out of reach. 



Ferns grow with tolerable grace on the 

 north side of a house, and may be induced 

 to do something worth while on the west, 

 but a southern exposure is rarely successful. 



SOILS AND THEIR MAKING 



The close association in Nature of tree 

 and fern ofFers a practical suggestion which 

 the owners of old stumps and trees do well to 

 note. The fortunate possessor of an old tree, 

 with abutting bark-covered roots trailing 

 over the ground, has an artistic setting. 



The botanist looks at the soil and tells you 



