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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
good pot subject. Strange as it may appear, our 
native Sea Spleenwort (A. jnarinum, Fig. 70) is best 
grown under glass— a method of treatment that also 
suffices to bring out the best characteristics of other 
hardy species and varieties. A. fontanum, A. Goring- 
iaiium pictum, and A. laiiceoJatum are all 
best grown as greenhouse subjects. The compost 
for the first should consist of sandy peat, 
broken bricks, and old mortar rubbish; that 
Fig, 70. Asplenium marinum, a lovely little fern that succeeds 
best under glass. 
for the second, two parts leaf-mould to one each 
of fibrous loam and silver sand; and for the last of 
peat, lime-rubbish, small pieces of broken bricks, 
and leaf -mould in about equal parts. Our native 
A. Tricliomanes must have a light, airy position, and 
be planted in a mixture of porous, loamy soil, lumps 
of sandstone, and old lime-rubbish. For forming an 
edging, planted between stones, to the outdoor 
Fernery, it is a most effective species. The Bird's 
