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Care should always be taken to see that the 
pots are well drained by a layer of broken tiles 
or bricks at-the bottom. Epiphytic ferns are 
best grown in hanging wire baskets in a soil 
containing a quantity of charcoal and gravel. 
Many ferns which in their wild state grow on 
trees or damp rocks thrive well in ordinary 
soil, while others require, like orchids, to be tied 
up with moss to pieces of wood or old tree 
trunks. 
