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kept with Asplenium marinum, A. fontanum, and such 
others, sheltered alike from the sun and cold, will 
answer for its culture better than the greenhouse, bearing 
in mind that the absence of all superfluous moisture 
must be strictly secured, and that the fronds of larger 
Ferns must not be allowed to spread over it." The 
tufted crown of the root should be raised well above 
the surface of the soil, which soil may be the same as 
for A. ruta-muraria. 
