THE FERN WORLD OF AUSTRALIA. 
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occupying in its natural habitat, paying attention to this will 
impart to the whole a natural and graceful appearance. 
When cultivated in pots the following rules should be obseryed : 
for drainage use plenty of broken pieces of brick, or lumps of sand- 
stone mixed with charcoal, this might fill say one third of the pot, 
* for compost use say equal parts of scrub soil, cut or beaten up old 
masses of bird's nest or staghorn ferns, and silver or white sand to 
which might be added with advantage a small quantity of small pieces 
of broken brick. 
Those species which grow naturally against rocks or on trees and 
are called epiphytes, in transplanting, should be carefully and firmly 
fixed to some mass of rock, stone or wood to which, should the 
situation prove suitable, they will soon firmly adhere by fresh 
rootlets. 
Several of our more hardy species might be planted in shady, 
sheltered, moist situations in the garden or shubbery where they 
would require no more attention than ordinary garden plants ; after 
planting give a thorough watering and carefully shade. 
