CONCLUSION. 
S this treatise deals solely with Ferns, these only 
have received notice. The best results are 
attained when Ferns are cultivated in struc- 
tures specially adapted to their requirements, 
but many cultivators are unable to provide such, and 
their Ferns have to grow along with other plants. When 
this is the case, the Ferns should be placed where they 
will be least exposed to the sun, and yet receive as much 
light as is possible. Other plants able to bear strong 
light may occupy the more exposed positions. 
In vineries many Ferns will grow well. During the 
summer the vines provide shade for the plants below, 
and during winter, these having lost their foliage, the 
Ferns receive the unrestricted light, with all of which 
they can do at that season of the year. 
If it be desired to intermix some other plants with Ferns 
when these are growing in a house devoted mainly to 
them, ornamental-leaved begonias, palms, and other 
foliage plants will be found to associate harmoniously 
with them. For coverir.g rockwork the pretty, ivy-like, 
clinging Ficus repens, the smaller and neater-looking 
Ficus minima, and small-leaved green and variegated 
Ivies are admirably suited. As trailing plants to hang 
over ledges of rocks and clothe the surface of the 
soil, Sibthorpia Europea, its beautiful though somewhat 
delicate-looking variegated variety, Tradescantias, Isole- 
pis gracilis, and similar plants, are not to be surpassed. 
Flowering plants, usually, are not desirable, and such 
as produce gaudy, showy flowers are objectionable. 
Masses of colour, brilliant and dazzling as they some- 
times are, may be quite in place elsewhere, but not in the 
fernery. There the delightful retreshing greenery 
should afford rest to the eye, and allow the sight to 
wander from plantto plant, taking in all their unassuming 
and unobtrusive beauty without the weariness frequently 
produced by the glaring colours exhibited in the flowers 
of some other plants. 
Joun HEywoop, Excelsior Printing & Bookbinding Works, Hulme Hall Road, Manchester, 
