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(D. sptnulosa, var. intermedia), and is to 

 many eyes more beautiful. No comparison, 

 however, should be made, as they are of dis- 

 tinct types. A fine clump of maidenhair in 

 a bark-covered butter jar appeals to the 

 aesthetic mind more forcibly than any palm 

 in an elaborate jardiniere. 



A PLEASING GROUP FOR INDOORS 



Here is a good grouping of ferns for a birch 

 basket: The maidenhair and the tall simple 

 fronds of the narrow-leaved spleenwort (A s- 

 plenium angustifolium), foiled by dark, glossy 

 fronds of the Christmas fern {Polystichum 

 acrostichoides), relieved here and there by the 

 bladder fern (Filix bulbifera). The broad 

 beech fern (Phegoptens hexagonoptera) is 

 effective if used only with ferns of lower 

 growth. The pose of the fronds is peculiar. 

 They show to advantage on a platter of moss, 

 where they gracefully stretch a green canopy 

 over lesser growths beneath. 



The oak fern (Phegopteris Dryopteris), 



