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the top when you do give it. Air need only be 

 admitted once a month, and watering may be done at 

 the same time, which is often enough. All you 

 require to do is to take off the top of the case, and 

 during the time you are watering and wiping with a 

 cloth the inside of the case all round, sufficient air will 

 have been admitted. The water you use must be soft 

 and of about 70 degrees of heat. A very good way to 



CASE or PLANTS AND PILMT PEENS WITH HANGINa BASKETS OP SHELLS. 



water pots and pans with Ferns is to immerse the 

 bottom in water for two or three seconds, and the 

 water will then ascend by capillary attraction through 

 the entire ball of the plant and a more decided watering 

 will thus have been secured. Some advocate keeping 

 Filmy Ferns entirely closed, but that idea is erroneous, 

 especially in the management of the Warrington case. 



