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in a very high temperature, should only be watered 
when it shows signs of flagging. 
Another species that requires special treatment is 
A. peltatum. This should be allocated a naturally 
moist position, should be provided with plenty of 
Fig. 41. The Elephant Ear's Fern, Acrostichum crinitum, is 
one of the most curious species in the large family. 
water the year through, and should have its roots 
disturbed as little as possible. In a place where a 
permanently moist atmosphere obtains it grows 
freely enough in a mixture of about equal parts 
fairly rotten leaf soil, fibrous peat, and silver sand. 
