38 Milady's House Plants 



other hand are slow to recover. They will endure 

 and even thrive in a position quite removed from a 

 window, provided the room is fairly well lighted, and 

 having become accustomed to a position should be 

 allowed to stay there. Constantly moving any 

 plant about the house, under the impression that the 

 change is refreshing to it, is a common but serious 

 error, in fact, having quite the opposite effect. 



FERNS 



As Attractive Indoor Plants 



Next to the palms in valufej as indoor decorative 

 plants are the different species and varieties of ferns, 

 and here again a few only of the most hardy have been 

 selected. For the reasons given, none of our hardy 

 Northern species are of any use, as they are all 

 herbaceous, that is, lose their leaves in the Winter, 

 and consequently we must draw on those from 

 warmer climes Where all plants are evergreen. It 

 matters little where they came from originally so 

 long as they are bfeautiful and interesting^ in fact, 

 most of the plants mentioned here are so familiar 

 to us that they migJit as well be native. 



^ The Bhston Fern 



Perhaps the most popular fern in the world is 

 Nephrolepis Bostohiensis and this is not an ex- 

 travagant claim, because of late years, when a plant 

 has become popular in New York and Boston and a 

 few other large cities, enterprising florists the world 

 over soon secure it and distribute it among their 



