CHAPTER III. 
ABOUT SOIL FOR FERNS. 
HERE and liow can the Fern-lover 
obtain the soil suitable for growing 
his favourite plants ? This is a 
question that the amateur Fern- 
cultivator will often ask, and though it would 
be easy to suggest that all trouble on this 
head may be saved by sending an order for 
Fern-soil to the nearest nurseryman or florist, 
such a reply would scarcely be deemed satisfac- 
tory, and the advice embodied in it, if followed, 
would not invariably lead to satisfactory results. 
When the agent employed to supply Fern-soil has 
given especial attention to Fern-culture, he may 
probably, in most cases, be trusted to provide 
