THE HOLLY FERN 
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open garden, in a district having no particular elevation ; 
and it is probable that where success in its cultivation has 
not been obtained, the result is due rather to other causes 
than to the pressure of the atmosphere. If in other respects 
Nature be closely copied, and care be taken in planting the 
Holly Fern to place the caudex firmly between pieces of 
stone or rock, either in the open rockery, the Fern house, or 
in pots, and if the soil be a mixture of peat and sandy loam 
in equal proportions, with leaf-mould equal to one-fourth of 
the compost, and the position selected be cool, and moist, and 
shady, there is no reason why success should not attend the 
cultivation of this Fern. 
