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and very distinct fern. Try your hand at a large pot 
specimen — when four or five years old it will be grand. 
A rather strong soil; with good drainage, suits it ; say 
yellow loam three parts, leaf mould two parts, and grit 
ATHYRIUM EILIX-EEMINA, Var. CORYMBIEERUM. 
obtained by sifting the sweepings of the gravel walks 
one part. By the way, this is a capital plan of obtain- 
ing clean sharp sand. We rarely buy sand, as we sift 
all our sweepings and spend the sand money in keeping 
the gravel perfect. 
