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THE FERN PARADISE. 
A charming occupant for your “ Fern Paradise ” 
is the Lady Fern. Whether in the house or 
the garden it matters not, — it will thrive well. 
But remember that it lives upon shade and 
moisture. These are its food and drink ; and 
without them it will shrink and die. If in the 
garden, place it in the shadiest corner of your 
rockery, and when there you can never give it 
too much water. But give it full freedom. 
Place it where it can have ample space to 
unroll and spread out its charming fronds. 
If you would see these displayed in their 
natural and graceful habit, their tips should 
not touch any jutting fragment of stone. Al- 
though planted in the lowest tier of your 
rockery, it should stand on the crest of a stony 
knoll, so that its arching fronds may be thrown 
upwards and outwards, free of any surrounding 
obstruction. There, in such a chosen situation, 
it will exhibit the perfection of its gracefully- 
arching habit. 
Have you a shady window in the house, on 
which, facing north, the sun never shines ? If 
