CHAPTER XIV 
NATIVE FERNS 
Ferns have their native haunts in rock crevices and 
among the roots of vegetation, where moisture is easily 
retained and where they are at least partly sheltered from 
Fic. 74. Ferns near the Front Door 
The house faces toward the north 
sun and wind. The leaves of trees and shrubbery which 
fall on the roots each autumn serve as a protection from 
the cold during the winter; the following summer they 
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