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bul bils I desire to emphasise that all I have set down is my 

 own experience. If I have seemed at times to dogmatise, 

 this has been owing solely to a wish to avoid using unneces- 

 sary words. I am quite sure there are many others in the 

 Society who can usefully supplement what I have said, and 

 whose experiences have been more successful than mine. 

 I believe that if artificial heat or close treatment were 

 employed, the processes I have described would be very 

 greatly hastened. My account deals solely with an 

 amateur's experiences of growing from bulbils in a simple 

 way in the open air. 



H. Kingsmill Moore. 

 Cedar Mount, 



Dundrum, Co. Dublin. 



FERNERY CONSTRUCTION AND PERN 

 CULTURE. 



Ferneries are of two kinds, outdoor and indoor, and 

 although they have many points in common, it may be 

 useful to describe both. The fernery requiring a minimum 

 of attention is the outdoor fernery on dry sandy soil, and 

 it is surprising what a number of species and varieties can 

 be successfully grown on any land that will grow potatoes. 



The fundamental principles to be observed are pretty 

 much the same as regards the general treatment of the 

 land, whether we are growing ferns, flowers, or vegetables — 

 that is, the land must be first of all deeply trenched and 

 thoroughly pulverised. Assuming that the subsoil is 

 sand it will be advisable to work up and incorporate a few 

 inches of this sandy bottom every time the land is planted, 

 and cow manure should be used at the time of planting, at 

 the rate of 25 tons per acre. A good dressing of this 



