plan:- fob window gardening. 



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charcoal ; upon this fill the soil, a compost of peat, loam, 

 and sand, broken fine, but not sifted, and set the plant : 

 give a good watering, and the work is done. 



Care must be taken not to over-water so as to rot the 

 roots, and not to keep the room very hot and close. 



The species we have found to succeed best in parlor 

 culture are, — 



Adiaxtuh. 



This is a very beautiful and graceful family, of which 

 our native maiden-hair fern is a well-known species. 



A. cuneatum. A beautiful Brazilian species, with 

 graceful fronds, which are delicate pink in the young 

 stat 2. It is propagated so readily from spores that young 

 plants often come up in any pots which may be near. If 

 carefully grown, it soon forms a large plant. 



A. ajfine. A delicate species from Xew Zealand, very 

 easily grown. 



A. pedatum. Our native maiden-hair. 



A. capillus Veneris. The English maiden-hair. 



Both of very easy culture. 



Davillia. 



D, :;y.'::-'z A graceful and pretty fern. Does well 



with parlor culture. 



