58 HAEDY TERNS. 
perfect vase-like form of tender green, throwing 
from the centre rich-looking spikes of fruit, 
contrasts well with the dark robust Filix-mas, 
and forms a beautiful object for the eye to dwell 
upon. 
Nothing but Ferns should be planted in a 
Fernery, and great care should be taken to make 
good drainage at the bottom of each separate space 
allotted to a Fern. In planting them you must be 
careful that a large Fern does not overdrip a small 
one. 
On my return from Scotland I planted Septen- 
trionale in an open space in the full sunshine, 
with good earth and drainage, and it has flourished 
well. I put a specimen of each Cystopteris in the 
Fernery, turning the others into a border for a flat 
Fernery I made without rock. They grew well in 
this situation, increasing rapidly, so that in a 
couple of years I could have stocked three or four 
Ferneries. 
Dryopteris and Phegopteris I planted on the 
lower range and at the sides of the rockery ; but 
