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shady forests closely surrounded by other forms of vege- 
tation whilst others are only found growing- on the bare 
stems of tall trees full exposed to wind and sun V°ain 
many grow on cool dripping moss-covered rocks and others 
in running mountain streams. Several are found growing 
m the mud of swamps and tidal rivers and in the sand of 
the sea shores. 
The richest localities for Perns are the wet densely 
wooded lulls at. altitudes of from 1000 ft. to 5000 ft., but the 
damp rockey forests of the plains are also very rich Epi- 
phytic species are very abundant often entirely covering 
the stems ana branches of trees, especially at high altitudes 
. f e 1 1 ? s J tor the Purposes of cultivation are generally 
divided into groups of sections as follows 
i 1 ) n ree Ferns, ( 2 ) ^'gautie non-arborescent Ferns, 
Small growing Ferns, (4) Ferns with tinted or colour- 
(0, /I a cfl? d and ? rested Ferns, (6) Gold and 
Sihei herns, (7) Climbing and Trailing Ferns, (8) Filmy 
or transparent Ferns, and (9) Viviparous or Bulbil-hear- 
mg ferns. It will be impracticable to describe here the 
ciilfyation of every genus referred to in the attached list. 
1 lie following- general remarks on cultivation may however 
prove sufficiently suggestive for the treatment of all. 
Cultivation. 
Propagation. — There are several ways in which Ferns 
ciin he reproduced, by spores, by division of crowns, by 
dividing the rhizomes or creeping stems, or bv the bulbils 
produced on the fronds of several species. 
The most natural and therefore the commonest wav 
o reproduction is by means of their spores. These are 
blown about by the wind and in this country young plants 
are round m great profusion growing in all sorts of unlikely 
places, on the walls and wood work of houses and even oil 
the tiles of the roofs, and on trees and stones. Ferns are 
geneially the first plants to make their appearance on newlv 
cleared ground. ' ■ 
the ^otails of propagation by spores nor the peculiar 
manner of fertilization need not be gone into here. Suffice 
it to say that in the tropics Ferns reproduce themselves by 
res very readily and rapidly and all that is generally 
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spor< 
i irtjjiuix aim an mat is generally 
necessary to ensure a good crop of plants is to collect the 
spores and scatter them over a damp wall or tree trunk in 
some shady corner of the garden. 
Some Ferns like the popular and handsome Adiantum 
tenerum var; Farleyense,” being sterile, do not produce 
