CHAPTER V 



Hardy Ferns for Indoor Culture, and 

 How TO Select Them 



The deciduous nature of many of our 

 native ferns prohibits general culture indoors. 

 Nevertheless the genuine fern lover who 

 gathers a wild garden outside his door is sure 

 to take ferns inside, for the summer months 

 at least. A few potted ferns will transform 

 the plainest room into a charming retreat. 



There is a practical side, however, to be 

 considered, if success is to attend indoor 

 decorative efforts with shy wildlings for 

 material. 



Proper selection of species is imperative 

 and can only be determined by experience. 

 Many equally beautiful ferns fail to adapt 

 themselves to a life indoors. Certain species 



are physically unable to stand the transition 



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