THE FERN PARADISE. 
but beyond of a vivid and delightful green ; a 
rachis of the same delightful green, and on each 
side of it, placed in alternation, a row of 
little, egg-shaped, saw-edged leaflets, diminish- 
ing in size as the frond tapers to a point. 
Each root-stock produces these pretty little fronds 
in thick clusters, so that a luxuriant specimen of 
the plant presents a delightfully fresh appearance. 
The fronds grow to various heights, their luxu- 
riance depending on the favourable or unfavour- 
able nature of the situation in which the plant 
grows. Sometimes they are not more than an 
inch or two in height ; sometimes they are five or 
six, occasionally as much as eight or ten. 
Delighting as it does in an atmosphere of mois- 
ture, it should be planted where it can secure the 
conditions which it requires. It may be grown 
in the rockery or in pots in the house. But under 
a covering of glass it will thrive admirably, for 
there it can most easily secure the moisture which 
it loves. 
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