$6,000. Here, from time to time, Flower 
Shows are held, for which purpose the 
house is admirably adapted. As the 
contents are constantly changing, it is 
impossible to give anything but a general 
reference to the plants. By looking at 
the plan, it will be easy to find where 
plants such as crotons, begonias, orchids 
and ferns are placed. The object aimed 
at is to keep in the house standard col- 
lections, of the more beautiful flowering 
and ornamental foliage plants, ferns, 
palms, and orchids. A feature is also 
made of the creepers. The house con- 
tains about 3,000 plants. 
Leaving the plant-house, and passing 
through the plant-sheds ( where there 
are plants in various stages of growth, 
the larger ones intended for the chief 
plant-house, the smaller ones as stock 
plants for exchange and sale), the 
Fern Rockery is reached. The Rockery, 
which was made in 1884, contains a good 
collection of our indigenous ferns, con- 
spicuous amongst them are the large 
plants of Angiopteris evecta , the paka 
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