CULTIVATION 
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Mohria CAFFRORUM is a small fern abundant on steep 
grassy slopes, near bush. It likes loamy turf, plenty of water, 
good drainage, and fair sunshine, and if given these it usually 
does well and is easily cultivated. M. lepigera is a Rhodesian 
fern, untried here. 
LYGODIUM. — A genus of scandent ferns well known in 
cultivation, and often used in Europe as specimen ferns. 
They do best in large pans, filled with broken bricks covered 
with turfy soil. Having long black wiry underground stems, 
somewhat like those of the Gleichenias, they cannot con- 
veniently be confined into a small pot, but in a bed or border 
they are easy of cultivation, and can be trained into any form. 
The two well known South African species are L. scandens 
and L . Kerstenii , the latter being very like the L. japonicum 
common in cultivation. 
MARATTIA FRAXINEA. — This is a large fern, growing in 
swamps or wet banks under trees, and producing fronds up to 
eight feet long. The fronds are not numerous, but are graceful 
and pretty, with a somewhat rigid formal aspect. As the 
crown is very large it requires a large tub to hold it, but does 
well in well drained turfy loam in a cool and shaded site. 
OPHIOGLOSSUM. — These little ferns are seldom thought to 
be ferns by those who do not know the botanical characters, 
and may often be passed as grasses or weeds. They are 
small inconspicuous affairs, without any attractive feature, 
but are not difficult to cultivate in turfy loam, the fronds 
being annual from a perennial crown. 
Of the Fern Allies, the Selaginellas are the only ones 
which attract the cultivator. Some of these are very pretty 
and very easily cultivated, and quite common in cultivation 
here and in Europe, and with care all can be grown. 
The Lycopodiums require the natural habitat of each to 
be studied. L. gnidioides , L. verticillatum , L. saururus , and 
L. dacrydioides , as also Psilotum, are easily grown hung upon 
trees or logs ; L. carolinianum and L. cernuum are easily grown 
