no FERA'S IN THEIR HOMES AND OURS. 



their beauty, and the whole became disagreeably 

 brown. The boxes were taken out, and placed under 

 some shrubbery, where they remained in snow and 

 ice till a mild day in February ; when they were 

 taken into the house, and thawed out. In March 

 the boxes were a mass of beautiful young fern- 

 fronds, AriscBinas, Coptis, Smilaciiias, 8lc. The ex- 

 posure had somewhat broken the boxes ; but a little 

 birch-bark on the outside easily restored their good 

 appearance. Whenever our native ferns are grown 

 in this way, it must be remembered that they need 

 their natural winter's rest. 



