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(P. 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 {As- 

 plenium angustifolium), foiled by dark, glossy 

 fronds of the Christmas fern {Polystichum 

 acrostichoides), relieved here and there by the 

 bladder fern (Filix bulbiferd). The broad 

 beech fern {Phegopteris 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), 



