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less others from all parts of the world, Lycopodiacese would form the car- 
pet or undergrowth of this ideal Fernery. L. denticulatum, L. ccesium, are 
both admirably adapted for this purpose. In the tropical department, the 
striking L. c. arboreum, towering to the top with its blue titit and moss-like 
appearance, would have a pleasing effect. As ferns and mosses almost, 
without exception, love shade, we would plant here and there a large single 
stemmed plant of rare size and shape. The contrast would be agreeable, 
and in perfect harmony. Those only should be selected of a natural 
spreading head. There are a variety of plants that would associate well 
with these, especially those grown for their curiosity, rather than flowers. 
To descend from our supposed house, to more every day affairs. There 
is plenty of room, in every hothouse or greenhouse, for a portion of these. 
If you have a naked piece of soil under the stage, or around the paths, what 
looks nicer than to have it covered with Lyeopodium denticulatum and 
ccesium — in green or hothouse, they will grow alike. If a few hanging 
baskets are suspended from the rafters of your house, and every one should 
have a few, it may have in it a choice orchid, Hoya Bella, or other plant, 
this is just the thing you want ; place in a few small pieces of the moss, 
and it will soon spread over the whole, forming a living green basket ; 
while it acts, at the same time, as a never-failing hygrometer, indicating 
when water is wanting, besides preventing undue evaporation. 
For green for the bouquet, too, many are exceedingly useful. Take the 
wedged-leaved Maidenhair, {Adiantum acuneatum,) or the true Maiden- 
hair, [A. capillus veneris,) for instance ; search the whole vegetable king- 
dom, you can hardly find more delicately beautiful material for the purpose, 
especially for the outside of small table bouquets. They have the addi- 
tional good quality of being always in season, and you " may cut and come 
again ;" in fact, they are just the thing that every collection of plants 
should have some specimens of. We should be sorry to be without the fol- 
lowing : Lf/copodium denticulatum, ccesium, e. arboreum, depressum, stolo- 
niferum, Wildenovii, and umbrosum, and Adiantum acimeatum, even for 
utility's sake. 
One feature in connection with the tribe is, that they are easily grown. 
The roots of the Ferns are very small, and should have an open porous 
material to permeate in, and abundant white sand added to the soil, to keep 
it so ; pieces of broken pot and charcoal should be mixed with the soil, for 
the same purpose. In potting, the plants will be found to do better, if the 
crown of the plant is raised an inch or so above the top of the pot. When 
growing, most of them are fond of plenty of water, especially sprinkled over 
