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from the window and set in a shaded corner of 

 the room. Tlie general cultural treatment it 

 requires is similar to that prescribed for the. 

 palms. Both thrive best in a moist soil but 

 the pots should be liberally provided with drain- 

 age for both are injured when water stands 

 at their roots. 



FERNS FOR INDOOR GARDENS 



The l3est ferns for pot culture indoors in win- 

 ter are: 



Adiantum cuneatum (maidenhair fern) 



Asplenium platyneuron (ebony spleenwort) 



Asplenium Trichomanes (maidenhair spleenwort) 



C'yrtomium faleatum (holly fern) 



Lygodium Japonieum (climbing fern) 



Nephrolepis exaltata, var. Bostoniensis (Boston fern) 



Xephrolepis exaltata, var. Scottii (Scott fern) 



Xephrolepis exaltata, var. Piersonii (Pierson fern) 



Nephrolepis cordata, var. conipacta (kidney or sword fern) 



In the culture of ferns indoors,, clean foliage 

 is a first requisite. The fronds should be 

 showered frequently; if no other way is con- 

 venient, remove them to bath-tub or sink and 

 there spray them thoroughly. The water 

 should be of the same temperature as the room 

 in which they are grown. Scale is a trouble- 

 some pest and is best overcome by scraping or 

 rubbing it off with a brush or rag dipped in 

 whale-oil soap-suds or kerosene emulsion. 

 Green aphis is killed by nicotine. 



