18 ALLOSOIIUS. 
and planted in a mixture of loam and peat, and all the 
better if a portion of bricks, broken up into small 
pieces, be mixed with it. But with all the care bestowed 
upon such plants, they will disappear at times, there- 
fore, the cultivators of such heautiful and interesting 
plants should always keep duplicates in well-drained 
pots, and the pot-kept plants should always have winter 
protection, but during the summer months such pots 
can always be placed out-of-doors in some suitable 
place. The plants should always be well-established 
in pots before being turned out in the border or rockery. 
This Fern is readily increased by division in the 
spring months. It grows luxuriantly in the green- 
house or vinery, under the shade of the Vines. A little 
protection can be given to any of these choice little 
Ferns, even when they are planted out upon the rockery, 
or in the border, by placing a hand-glass over them. 
